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Re: [RFC] mac80211: add debugfs file for mic failure

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On 11/27/2012 11:27 AM, Saravana wrote:
> On 11/26/2012 08:38 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 04:56 -0800, saravanad@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Add a debugfs file showing the number of failure of
>>> rx packet dropped due to mic failures. currently the
>>> number of rx packet dropped is counted in general and
>>> not with respect to a specific reason. This patch
>>> counts the number of packet drop due to mic failure.
>>
>> What's the value of this, shouldn't wpa_s/hostapd start countermeasures
>> pretty quickly?
>>
> This will just be a counter which keeps track of the number of mic failures. Debugfs already had Rx dropped packet counter. This would provide more granularity in respect to the reason of packet drop.
> Yes, wpa_s/hostapd will start countermeasure quickly.
> 
>> johannes
>>
Could mic failure count be added to debugfs?
Saravana
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