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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: clarify BSS probe response vs. beacon data
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:08:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1407928122.21220.31.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB3XZEckyoDVShskF8rRe7DFuVMO-LBdhFDejiJ63SjhsEvmAA@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20140813_125704_716079_1D61019F)

On Wed, 2014-08-13 at 13:57 +0300, Eliad Peller wrote:


> > @@ -1011,6 +1018,9 @@ cfg80211_inform_bss_width_frame(struct wiphy *wiphy,
> >         if (res->pub.capability & WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS)
> >                 regulatory_hint_found_beacon(wiphy, channel, gfp);
> >
> > +       /* assume drivers don't mix and match too badly */
> > +       res->known_frame_type = true;
> > +
> 
> i think you should set the flag only in case of a beacon.
> otherwise, you might "validate" res->ies although it contains probe
> response data.

Hm, what do you mean? If we have known frametype and we have beacon_ies,
then IEs in nl80211 are certain to be proberesp_ies ...

johannes


  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-13 11:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-12 19:03 [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: clarify BSS probe response vs. beacon data Johannes Berg
2014-08-12 19:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] cfg80211: allow passing frame type to cfg80211_inform_bss() Johannes Berg
2014-08-14  8:57   ` Kalle Valo
2014-08-14  9:23   ` Arend van Spriel
2014-08-13 10:57 ` [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: clarify BSS probe response vs. beacon data Eliad Peller
2014-08-13 11:08   ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2014-08-13 11:13     ` Eliad Peller
2014-08-13 11:20       ` Johannes Berg
2014-08-13 11:39         ` Eliad Peller
2014-08-13 11:46           ` Johannes Berg
2014-08-13 11:57             ` Eliad Peller

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