netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ath10k: fix RX of frames with broken FCS in monitor mode

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Message-ID: <927cea69-7afc-5c35-df8d-9813392e8928@candelatech.com>
Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 09:19:20 -0800
From:   Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:     Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue>,
        ath10k@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Lüssing <ll@...onwunderlich.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ath10k: fix RX of frames with broken FCS in
 monitor mode

On 11/5/19 8:49 AM, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> From: Linus Lüssing <ll@...onwunderlich.de>
> 
> So far, frames were forwarded regardless of the FCS correctness leading
> to userspace applications listening on the monitor mode interface to
> receive potentially broken frames, even with the "fcsfail" flag unset.
> 
> By default, with the "fcsfail" flag of a monitor mode interface
> unset, frames with FCS errors should be dropped. With this patch, the
> fcsfail flag is taken into account correctly.
> 
> Cc: Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <ll@...onwunderlich.de>
> ---
> This was tested on an Open Mesh A41 device, featuring a QCA4019. And
> with this firmware:
> 
> https://www.candelatech.com/downloads/ath10k-4019-10-4b/firmware-5-ct-full-community-12.bin-lede.011
> 
> But from looking at the code it seems that the vanilla ath10k has the
> same issue, therefore submitting it here.
> 
> Changelog RFC->v1:
> 
> * removed "ar->monitor" check
> * added a debug counter

Thanks for adding the counter.  Since it us u32, I doubt you need the spin lock
below?

--Ben

> +	if (!(ar->filter_flags & FIF_FCSFAIL) &&
> +	    status->flag & RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC) {
> +		spin_lock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
> +		ar->stats.rx_crc_err_drop++;
> +		spin_unlock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
> +
> +		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>   	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_DATA,
>   		   "rx skb %pK len %u peer %pM %s %s sn %u %s%s%s%s%s%s %srate_idx %u vht_nss %u freq %u band %u flag 0x%x fcs-err %i mic-err %i amsdu-more %i\n",
>   		   skb,
> 


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