linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 205/496] iwlwifi: mvm: fix "failed to remove key" message

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Date:   Mon, 28 May 2018 11:59:50 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>,
        Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 205/496] iwlwifi: mvm: fix "failed to remove key" message

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>

[ Upstream commit e4f13ad07823b24a1537518d2163bd164292fb10 ]

When the GTK is installed, we install it to HW with the
station ID of the AP.

Mac80211 will try to remove it only after the AP sta is
removed, which will result in a failure to remove key
since we do not have any station for it.

This is a valid situation, but a previous commit removed
the early return and added a return with error value, which
resulted in an error message that is confusing to users.

Remove the error return value.

Fixes: 85aeb58cec1a ("iwlwifi: mvm: Enable security on new TX API")
Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
@@ -3119,8 +3119,9 @@ static int __iwl_mvm_remove_sta_key(stru
 	int ret, size;
 	u32 status;
 
+	/* This is a valid situation for GTK removal */
 	if (sta_id == IWL_MVM_INVALID_STA)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return 0;
 
 	key_flags = cpu_to_le16((keyconf->keyidx << STA_KEY_FLG_KEYID_POS) &
 				 STA_KEY_FLG_KEYID_MSK);