This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
brcmfmac: Turn off ARP offloading when configured for AP.
to the 3.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
brcmfmac-turn-off-arp-offloading-when-configured-for-ap.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From b3657453f16a7b84eab9b93bb9a9a2901ffc70af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 21:09:53 +0200
Subject: brcmfmac: Turn off ARP offloading when configured for AP.
From: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit b3657453f16a7b84eab9b93bb9a9a2901ffc70af upstream.
ARP offloading should only be used in STA or P2P client mode. It
is currently configured once at init. When being configured for AP
ARP offloading should be turned off and when AP mode is left it can
be turned back on.
Reviewed-by: Arend Van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c | 18 --------
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwil_types.h | 6 ++
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
#include "fwil.h"
#define PKTFILTER_BUF_SIZE 128
-#define BRCMF_ARPOL_MODE 0xb /* agent|snoop|peer_autoreply */
#define BRCMF_DEFAULT_BCN_TIMEOUT 3
#define BRCMF_DEFAULT_SCAN_CHANNEL_TIME 40
#define BRCMF_DEFAULT_SCAN_UNASSOC_TIME 40
@@ -337,23 +336,6 @@ int brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(struct brcmf_i
goto done;
}
- /* Try to set and enable ARP offload feature, this may fail */
- err = brcmf_fil_iovar_int_set(ifp, "arp_ol", BRCMF_ARPOL_MODE);
- if (err) {
- brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "failed to set ARP offload mode to 0x%x, err = %d\n",
- BRCMF_ARPOL_MODE, err);
- err = 0;
- } else {
- err = brcmf_fil_iovar_int_set(ifp, "arpoe", 1);
- if (err) {
- brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "failed to enable ARP offload err = %d\n",
- err);
- err = 0;
- } else
- brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "successfully enabled ARP offload to 0x%x\n",
- BRCMF_ARPOL_MODE);
- }
-
/* Setup packet filter */
brcmf_c_pktfilter_offload_set(ifp, BRCMF_DEFAULT_PACKET_FILTER);
brcmf_c_pktfilter_offload_enable(ifp, BRCMF_DEFAULT_PACKET_FILTER,
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwil_types.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwil_types.h
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
#define BRCMF_FIL_ACTION_FRAME_SIZE 1800
+/* ARP Offload feature flags for arp_ol iovar */
+#define BRCMF_ARP_OL_AGENT 0x00000001
+#define BRCMF_ARP_OL_SNOOP 0x00000002
+#define BRCMF_ARP_OL_HOST_AUTO_REPLY 0x00000004
+#define BRCMF_ARP_OL_PEER_AUTO_REPLY 0x00000008
+
enum brcmf_fil_p2p_if_types {
BRCMF_FIL_P2P_IF_CLIENT,
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
@@ -505,6 +505,38 @@ send_key_to_dongle(struct net_device *nd
return err;
}
+static s32
+brcmf_configure_arp_offload(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool enable)
+{
+ s32 err;
+ u32 mode;
+
+ if (enable)
+ mode = BRCMF_ARP_OL_AGENT | BRCMF_ARP_OL_PEER_AUTO_REPLY;
+ else
+ mode = 0;
+
+ /* Try to set and enable ARP offload feature, this may fail, then it */
+ /* is simply not supported and err 0 will be returned */
+ err = brcmf_fil_iovar_int_set(ifp, "arp_ol", mode);
+ if (err) {
+ brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "failed to set ARP offload mode to 0x%x, err = %d\n",
+ mode, err);
+ err = 0;
+ } else {
+ err = brcmf_fil_iovar_int_set(ifp, "arpoe", enable);
+ if (err) {
+ brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "failed to configure (%d) ARP offload err = %d\n",
+ enable, err);
+ err = 0;
+ } else
+ brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "successfully configured (%d) ARP offload to 0x%x\n",
+ enable, mode);
+ }
+
+ return err;
+}
+
static struct wireless_dev *brcmf_cfg80211_add_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy,
const char *name,
enum nl80211_iftype type,
@@ -3709,6 +3741,7 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wi
}
brcmf_set_mpc(ndev, 0);
+ brcmf_configure_arp_offload(ifp, false);
/* find the RSN_IE */
rsn_ie = brcmf_parse_tlvs((u8 *)settings->beacon.tail,
@@ -3815,8 +3848,10 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wi
set_bit(BRCMF_VIF_STATUS_AP_CREATED, &ifp->vif->sme_state);
exit:
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
brcmf_set_mpc(ndev, 1);
+ brcmf_configure_arp_offload(ifp, true);
+ }
return err;
}
@@ -3857,6 +3892,7 @@ static int brcmf_cfg80211_stop_ap(struct
brcmf_err("bss_enable config failed %d\n", err);
}
brcmf_set_mpc(ndev, 1);
+ brcmf_configure_arp_offload(ifp, true);
set_bit(BRCMF_VIF_STATUS_AP_CREATING, &ifp->vif->sme_state);
clear_bit(BRCMF_VIF_STATUS_AP_CREATED, &ifp->vif->sme_state);
@@ -4995,6 +5031,8 @@ static s32 brcmf_config_dongle(struct br
if (err)
goto default_conf_out;
+ brcmf_configure_arp_offload(ifp, true);
+
cfg->dongle_up = true;
default_conf_out:
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.9/brcmfmac-turn-off-arp-offloading-when-configured-for-ap.patch
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