Re: [PATCH v2] ath10k: add dynamic vlan support

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Manikanta Pubbisetty <mpubbise@codeaurora.org> wrote:

> Multicast/broadcast traffic destined for a particular vlan group will
> always be encrypted in software. To enable dynamic VLANs, it requires
> driver support for sending software encrypted packets.
> 
> In ath10k, sending software encrypted frames is allowed only when we insmod
> the driver with cryptmode param set to 1, this configuration disables
> hardware crypto and enables RAW mode implicitly. Since, enabling raw
> mode has performance impact, this cannot be considered as an ideal
> solution for supporting VLANs in the driver.
> 
> As an alternative take, in this approach, cryptographic keys for
> unicast traffic (per peer PTKs) and keys for non-vlan group traffic
> will be configured in hardware, allowing hardware encryption for unicast
> and non-vlan group traffic. Only vlan group traffic will be encrypted in
> software and pushed to the target with encap mode set to RAW in the TX
> descriptors.
> 
> Not all firmwares can support this type of key configuration(having few
> keys installed in hardware and few only in software); for this purpose a
> new WMI service flag "WMI_SERVICE_PER_PACKET_SW_ENCRYPT" is introduced to
> advertise this support.
> 
> Also, adding the logic required to send sw encrypted frames in raw mode.
> 
> Hardwares Tested : QCA9984, QCA988X
> Firmwares Tested : 10.4-3.5.3-00057, 10.2.4-1.0-00042
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manikanta Pubbisetty <mpubbise@codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

I had to fix some conflicts, please carefully check my resolution in the pending branch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=7ae879447535ae1327e78dc614385ff6dd45c2fd

Applying: ath10k: add dynamic vlan support
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
M       drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
M       drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
M       drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
Auto-merging drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
Auto-merging drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
Auto-merging drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
Recorded preimage for 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h'
error: Failed to merge in the changes.
Patch failed at 0001 ath10k: add dynamic vlan support

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