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It also adds a new NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_CMD_NO_STA > flag so that userspace can know whether address translation was done by > the kernel on RX and can also prevent address translation for management > frames during TX. > > This together should be enough to fix the existing issues in hostapd > where stations that are still associated try to authenticate again but > hostapd for example ends up sending the frame to an old link address. > > Benjamin > > PS: Sorry, the last mail had various issues, so resending properly now. > > v3: > * Fix issues found during review > > v2: > * Remove unused variable in rtw89 > > Changes in v1: > * Add NAN_DATA interface handling > * Handle NO_STA flag correctly for NAN > * Fixed forwarding of station parameter > * Rebase and other small fixes > > Changes in RFCv2: > * Port other drivers to new API (untested) > * Fix a checkpatch warning > > Benjamin Berg (8): > wifi: iwlwifi: use link_sta internally to the driver > wifi: mac80211: change public RX API to use link stations > wifi: mac80211: refactor RX link_id and station handling > wifi: mac80211: rework RX packet handling > wifi: cfg80211: add attribute for TX/RX denoting there is no station > wifi: mac80211: report to cfg80211 when no STA is known for a frame > wifi: mac80211: pass station to ieee80211_tx_skb_tid > uwifi: mac80211: pass error station if non-STA transmit was requested > > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_mon.c | 2 - > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_rx.c | 20 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hw.h | 20 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_rx.c | 20 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_rx.h | 12 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/hw.c | 6 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c | 6 - > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/agg.c | 17 +- > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/agg.h | 4 +- > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/rx.c | 50 +- > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/rx.h | 2 +- > .../wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/tests/agg.c | 7 +- > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c | 6 +- > drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mac80211.c | 22 +- > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c | 7 - > .../wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c | 3 - > include/net/cfg80211.h | 4 + > include/net/mac80211.h | 25 +- > include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 7 + > net/mac80211/agg-tx.c | 4 +- > net/mac80211/ap.c | 3 - > net/mac80211/ht.c | 2 +- > net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 11 +- > net/mac80211/iface.c | 7 +- > net/mac80211/mlme.c | 10 +- > net/mac80211/offchannel.c | 13 +- > net/mac80211/rx.c | 447 ++++++++++-------- > net/mac80211/scan.c | 10 +- > net/mac80211/tdls.c | 2 +- > net/mac80211/tx.c | 10 +- > net/wireless/nl80211.c | 8 +- > 33 files changed, 413 insertions(+), 358 deletions(-) > The changes look good to me, no hwsim test cases failure. Note: The hostapd changes posted in: [PATCH 0/6] hostapd: handle nl80211 no_sta flag in management frames Reviewed-by: Ramasamy Kaliappan