Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: skip strict validation for UDPATE_OWE command

[Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich.os@quantenna.com>]

> On Thu, 2020-02-13 at 11:13 +0000, Sergey Matyukevich wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:12:47AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
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> > > On Thu, 2020-02-13 at 09:07 +0000, Sergey Matyukevich wrote:
> > > > Do not perform strict validation of UPDATE_OWE command.
> > > > Otherwise, kernel rejects command executed by hostapd.
> > > 
> > > Can't we fix hostapd? I mean, it's a relatively new command, so why
> > > shouldn't we validate it strictly?
> > 
> > That is why this patch is RFC: see cover email :)
> 
> Ah, was on the phone and hadn't read that yet ...
> 
> > Sure, I can fix hostapd instead. Could you point me at some good
> > starting point to look at ? Are there any user-space tools that
> > started to use strict validation ?
> 
> It's not really opt-in or not, it's entirely a kernel choice.

I mean, I don't know what userspace is supposed to do in the case,
when kernel is doing strict validation. So I was asking about any
pointers to docs or userspace tools that already do netlink
machinery appropriately.

> > P.S.
> > If you are ok with the second patch, then could you just take it
> > from this series ? Or should I resubmit ?
> 
> I can just take it.

Ok

Regards,
Sergey