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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: Don't delete key from hw if using sw-crypt.

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On 2012-04-03 6:09 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 04/03/2012 09:05 AM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>>
>> On 03.04.2012, at 16:44, Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/03/2012 06:16 AM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>>>> On 2012-04-02 10:41 PM, greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>> From: Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> This spams logs if we are using large numbers of stations,
>>>>> for instance:
>>>>>
>>>>> ath: wiphy0: keyreset: keycache entry 228 out of range
>>>>> ath: wiphy0: keyreset: keycache entry 228 out of range
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> :100644 100644 917032a... 65e7281... M    drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>>>>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c |    3 +++
>>>>>   1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>>>>> index 917032a..65e7281 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>>>>> @@ -1771,6 +1771,9 @@ static void ath9k_del_ps_key(struct ath_softc *sc,
>>>>>       if (!an->ps_key)
>>>>>           return;
>>>>>
>>>>> +    if (ath9k_modparam_nohwcrypt)
>>>>> +        return;
>>>>> +
>>>> This looks wrong to me. ps_key is used for better powersave handling of
>>>> both unencrypted and encrypted stations (using the keycache only for tx
>>>> filtering on unencrypted stations).
>>>
>>> Ok..should we just remove the spammy printk when the keycache entry
>>> is out of range then?
>> I'd say we should figure out why it triggers at all.
> 
> I have more than 200 stations associating, and that is more than there
> are key-indexes it appears.  I can add a WARN_ON if you'd like to see
> a backtrace or any other info...
In that case key index allocation should simply fail instead of
returning something that it refuses to delete later.

- Felix

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