linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] brcmfmac: Update SSID of hidden AP while informing its bss to cfg80211 layer

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 07:43:03 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Alvin Šipraga <alvin@...s.dk>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Syed Rafiuddeen <syed.rafiuddeen@...ress.com>,
        Syed Rafiuddeen <syed.rafiuddeen@...ineon.com>,
        Chung-Hsien Hsu <chung-hsien.hsu@...ineon.com>,
        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
        Alvin Šipraga <alsi@...g-olufsen.dk>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] brcmfmac: Update SSID of hidden AP while informing its bss to cfg80211 layer

Alvin Šipraga <alvin@...s.dk> writes:

> From: Syed Rafiuddeen <syed.rafiuddeen@...ress.com>
>
> cfg80211 layer on DUT STA is disconnecting ongoing connection attempt after
> receiving association response, because cfg80211 layer does not have valid
> AP bss information. On association response event, brcmfmac communicates
> the AP bss information to cfg80211 layer, but SSID seem to be empty in AP
> bss information, and cfg80211 layer prints kernel warning and then
> disconnects the ongoing connection attempt.
>
> SSID is empty in SSID IE, but 'bi->SSID' contains a valid SSID, so
> updating the SSID for hidden AP while informing its bss information
> to cfg80211 layer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Syed Rafiuddeen <syed.rafiuddeen@...ineon.com>

Syed's email address in From and s-o-b doesn't match.

> @@ -3018,6 +3019,12 @@ static s32 brcmf_inform_single_bss(struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg,
>  	notify_ielen = le32_to_cpu(bi->ie_length);
>  	bss_data.signal = (s16)le16_to_cpu(bi->RSSI) * 100;
>  
> +	ssid = brcmf_parse_tlvs(notify_ie, notify_ielen, WLAN_EID_SSID);
> +	if (ssid && ssid->data[0] == '\0' && ssid->len == bi->SSID_len) {
> +		/* Update SSID for hidden AP */
> +		memcpy((u8 *)ssid->data, bi->SSID, bi->SSID_len);
> +	}

memcpy() takes a void pointer so the cast is not needed.

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