Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Ensure bss-coloring is always configured

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 2/8/24 07:55, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
>> On 2/8/24 7:28 AM, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2024-01-30 at 10:08 -0800, greearb@candelatech.com wrote:
>>>>> From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Old code would not set it to disabled, just assumed that driver
>>>>> would default to disabled.  Change this to explicitly request
>>>>> bss color be flushed on initial driver configuration.
>>>>
>>>> Arguably, the current behaviour is in line with the documentation of
>>>> BSS_CHANGED_HE_BSS_COLOR ... but I would tend to agree that
>>>> enabling/disabling coloring should be covered by it as well. Lorenzo?
>>>>
>>>>> And I think the beacon-change logic was slightly wrong, so adjust
>>>>> that as well.
>>>>
>>>> That's not a great thing for a commit message to say ...
>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    net/mac80211/cfg.c | 10 +++++-----
>>>>>    1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
>>>>> index 1c7fb0959cfd..1a6c6c764cbc 100644
>>>>> --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
>>>>> +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
>>>>> @@ -1331,8 +1331,7 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
>>>>>    			      IEEE80211_HE_OPERATION_RTS_THRESHOLD_MASK);
>>>>>    		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HE_OBSS_PD;
>>>>> -		if (params->beacon.he_bss_color.enabled)
>>>>> -			changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HE_BSS_COLOR;
>>>>> +		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HE_BSS_COLOR;
>>>
>>> I think we should use beacon->he_bss_color_valid here instead of
>>> params->beacon.he_bss_color.enabled, agree?
>>
>> Either way, the value changed from un-set/un-known to some value, so why not just
>> mark it changed and flush to the driver?
> 
> IIUC what you mean here, if bss color changes from an un-set/un-known to a
> configured (valid) value, beacon->he_bss_color_valid will be true
> (he_bss_color_valid is used to indicate userspace provided a proper color for
> beacons). What is the difference?
> The other way around ("undo" some leftover color from a previous run), it
> seems a driver/fw bug, and it must be fixed there. Don't you think?

Well, no.  I think the stack should set to known state, thus my original
patch to do so.

But, not worth arguing about as it seems to have no functional difference
at this point.

Thanks,
Ben

> 
> Regards,
> Lorenzo
> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>>>
>>>>>    	}
>>>>>    	if (params->he_cap) {
>>>>> @@ -1512,6 +1511,7 @@ static int ieee80211_change_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
>>>>>    	int err;
>>>>>    	struct ieee80211_bss_conf *link_conf;
>>>>>    	u64 changed = 0;
>>>>> +	bool color_en;
>>>>>    	lockdep_assert_wiphy(wiphy);
>>>>> @@ -1549,9 +1549,9 @@ static int ieee80211_change_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
>>>>>    		return err;
>>>>>    	changed |= err;
>>>>> -	if (beacon->he_bss_color_valid &&
>>>>> -	    beacon->he_bss_color.enabled != link_conf->he_bss_color.enabled) {
>>>>> -		link_conf->he_bss_color.enabled = beacon->he_bss_color.enabled;
>>>>> +	color_en = beacon->he_bss_color.enabled && beacon->he_bss_color_valid;
>>>>> +	if (color_en != link_conf->he_bss_color.enabled) {
>>>>> +		link_conf->he_bss_color.enabled = color_en;
>>>>>    		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HE_BSS_COLOR;
>>>>>    	}
>>>
>>> this seems fine to me. >
>>> Regards,
>>> Lorenzo
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure how this isn't updating the color itself, Lorenzo?
>>>>
>>>> johannes
>>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>> Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com