linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 050/217] rsi: Fix TX EAPOL packet handling against iwlwifi AP

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Date:   Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:47:12 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Angus Ainslie <angus@...ea.ca>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>,
        Sebastian Krzyszkowiak <sebastian.krzyszkowiak@...i.sm>,
        Siva Rebbagondla <siva8118@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 050/217] rsi: Fix TX EAPOL packet handling
 against iwlwifi AP

On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 08:25:49PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>On 12/23/20 3:13 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
>
>Hello Sasha,
>
>>From: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
>>
>>[ Upstream commit 65277100caa2f2c62b6f3c4648b90d6f0435f3bc ]
>>
>>In case RSI9116 SDIO WiFi operates in STA mode against Intel 9260 in AP mode,
>>the association fails. The former is using wpa_supplicant during association,
>>the later is set up using hostapd:
>
>[...]
>
>Was this patch possibly missed from 5.10.y ?

I'm not sure what happened there, but I can queue it up.

>Also, while at it, I think it might make sense to pick the following 
>two patches as well, they dramatically reduce interrupt rate of the 
>RSI WiFi device, so it stops overloading lower-end devices:
>287431463e786 ("rsi: Move card interrupt handling to RX thread")

And this one too.

>abd131a19f6b8 ("rsi: Clean up loop in the interrupt handler")

But not this one, it looks like just a cleanup. Why is it needed?

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha