Re: [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: allow beacon protection keys to be installed in hardware

Jeff Johnson
2025-05-09T18:20:21Z

On 4/29/2025 11:05 PM, Karthikeyan Kathirvel wrote:
>
> On 4/29/2025 9:17 PM, Nicolas Escande wrote:
>> On Mon Apr 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM CEST, Karthikeyan Kathirvel wrote:
>>> Install beacon protection keys in hardware for AP modes only if hardware
>>> supports it, as indicated by the WMI service bit
>>> WMI_TLV_SERVICE_BEACON_PROTECTION_SUPPORT. Allow keyidx up to 7, since
>>> beacon protection uses keyidx 6 and 7.
>>>
>>> Control this feature by setting bit 0 of feature_enable_bitmap when sending
>>> the WMI_BCN_TMPL_CMDID command to firmware.
>>>
>>> Check for the beacon protection enabled bit in both tx and non-tx profiles
>>> for MBSSID cases. If set in either profile, enable the beacon protection
>>> feature in firmware for transmitted vif.
>>>
>>> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Karthikeyan Kathirvel <karthikeyan.kathirvel@oss.qualcomm.com>
>> [...]
>>> @@ -4964,14 +4994,6 @@ static int ath12k_mac_op_set_key(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, enum set_key_cmd cmd,
>>>
>>> lockdep_assert_wiphy(hw->wiphy);
>>>
>>> - /* BIP needs to be done in software */
>>> - if (key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_AES_CMAC ||
>>> - key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_GMAC_128 ||
>>> - key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_GMAC_256 ||
>>> - key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_CMAC_256) {
>>> - return 1;
>>> - }
>>> -
>>> if (key->keyidx > WMI_MAX_KEY_INDEX)
>>> return -ENOSPC;
>>>
>> This hunk seems to break station mode on QCN9274. Maybe on WCN7850 too ? I see
>> that it was not tested against that HW.
>>
>> With that hunk I cannot receive broadcast trafic sent by the ap anymore.
>> Generated by a simple "arping -b X.X.X.X -I br0" in my case.
>>
>> Replacing that hunk with something similar as what is done in CLO [0] seems to
>> fix the issue:
>>
>> @@ -5575,13 +5605,9 @@ static int ath12k_mac_op_set_key(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, enum set_key_cmd cmd,
>>
>> lockdep_assert_wiphy(hw->wiphy);
>>
>> - /* BIP needs to be done in software */
>> - if (key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_AES_CMAC ||
>> - key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_GMAC_128 ||
>> - key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_GMAC_256 ||
>> - key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_CMAC_256) {
>> + /* IGTK needs to be done in host software */
>> + if (key->keyidx == 4 || key->keyidx == 5)
>> return 1;
>> - }
>>
>> if (key->keyidx > WMI_MAX_KEY_INDEX)
>> return -ENOSPC;
>>
>>
>> PS: I tested that with firmware PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00218-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>>
>> [0] https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/qsdk/oss/system/feeds/wlan-open/-/blob/win.wlan_host_opensource.3.0/patches/ath12k/726-ath12k-add-beacon-protection-support-for-ath12k.patch?ref_type=heads
>
> Thanks for catching this Nicolas, will check and get back on this

Will you be spinning a v2? Note the dependent mac80211 change has merged.

Also there is an indentation issue in the blob:
> -static void ath12k_mac_set_arvif_ies(struct ath12k_link_vif *arvif, struct sk_buff *bcn,
> +static void ath12k_mac_set_arvif_ies(struct ath12k_link_vif *arvif,
> + struct ath12k_link_vif *tx_arvif,
> + struct sk_buff *bcn,
> u8 bssid_index, bool *nontx_profile_found)

struct sk_buff *bcn is not aligned on the (

/jeff