From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.11.231]:41709 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751609AbbAPFuD (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:50:03 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: Masashi Honma Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, me@bobcopeland.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] mesh: Avoid STA expiration timer truncation to u32 References: <1421385460-3126-1-git-send-email-masashi.honma@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:49:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1421385460-3126-1-git-send-email-masashi.honma@gmail.com> (Masashi Honma's message of "Fri, 16 Jan 2015 14:17:40 +0900") Message-ID: <87iog7nukb.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150116_065008_660798_1CB8A510) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Masashi Honma writes: > On some combination of plink_timeout and HZ, the STA expiration timer will be > unexpectedly truncated to u32. Maybe there is a question "Who sets such a large > number to plink_timeout ?". At least wpa_supplicant will set 0xffffffff to > plink_timeout to disable this timer because wpa_supplicant has it's own > expiration mechanism. > > Signed-off-by: Masashi Honma For mac80211 patches please use prefix "mac80211: ". -- Kalle Valo