Re: [PATCH ath-next 0/2] wifi: ath12k: install pairwise key first

[Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>]

[ +CC: Gregoire ]

On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:49:00AM +0800, Baochen Qiang wrote:
> We got report that WCN7850 is not working with IWD [1][2]. Debug
> shows the reason is that IWD installs group key before pairwise
> key, which goes against WCN7850's firmware.
> 
> Reorder key install to workaround this.
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218733
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/AS8P190MB12051DDBD84CD88E71C40AD7873F2@AS8P190MB1205.EURP190.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang@quicinc.com>
> ---
> ---
> Baochen Qiang (2):
>       wifi: ath12k: avoid bit operation on key flags
>       wifi: ath12k: install pairwise key first

Thanks for fixing this, Baochen.

I noticed the patches weren't clearly marked as fixes. Do you think we
should ask the stable team to backport these once they are in mainline
(e.g. after 6.17-rc1 is out)? Or do you think they are too intrusive and
risky to backport or similar?

[ Also please try to remember to CC any (public) reporters. I only found
  out today that this had been addressed in linux-next. ]

Johan