Re: [PATCH v5] wifi: rsi: Fix handling of 802.3 EAPOL frames sent via control port

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> writes:

> When using wpa_supplicant v2.10, this driver is no longer able to
> associate with any AP and fails in the EAPOL 4-way handshake while
> sending the 2/4 message to the AP. The problem is not present in
> wpa_supplicant v2.9 or older. The problem stems from HostAP commit
> 144314eaa ("wpa_supplicant: Send EAPOL frames over nl80211 where available")
> which changes the way EAPOL frames are sent, from them being send
> at L2 frames to them being sent via nl80211 control port.
>
> An EAPOL frame sent as L2 frame is passed to the WiFi driver with
> skb->protocol ETH_P_PAE, while EAPOL frame sent via nl80211 control
> port has skb->protocol set to ETH_P_802_3 . The later happens in
> ieee80211_tx_control_port(), where the EAPOL frame is encapsulated
> into 802.3 frame.
>
> The rsi_91x driver handles ETH_P_PAE EAPOL frames as high-priority
> frames and sends them via highest-priority transmit queue, while
> the ETH_P_802_3 frames are sent as regular frames. The EAPOL 4-way
> handshake frames must be sent as highest-priority, otherwise the
> 4-way handshake times out.
>
> Therefore, to fix this problem, inspect the skb control flags and
> if flag IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PORT_CTRL_PROTO is set, assume this is
> an EAPOL frame and transmit the frame via high-priority queue just
> like other ETH_P_PAE frames.
>
> Fixes: 0eb42586cf87 ("rsi: data packet descriptor enhancements")
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> ---
> NOTE: I am really unsure about the method of finding out the exact
>       place of ethernet header in the encapsulated packet and then
>       extracting the ethertype from it. Is there maybe some sort of
>       helper function for that purpose ?
> ---
> V2: - Turn the duplicated code into common function
> V3: - Simplify the TX EAPOL detection (Johannes)
> V4: - Drop the double !!() from test
>     - Update commit message
> V5: - Inline the rsi_is_tx_eapol() again, undoes V2 change completely

BTW did you test this on a real device?

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