netdev - Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: Terminate the link if pairing is cancelled

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Message-ID: <CABBYNZ+1XLttkvoBzLR6iCguB2Atrr0+PA5isnD9Cg2af2TFKA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 5 May 2020 16:59:43 -0700
From:   Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>
To:     Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:     Manish Mandlik <mmandlik@...gle.com>,
        linux-bluetooth <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        ChromeOS Bluetooth Upstreaming 
        <chromeos-bluetooth-upstreaming@...omium.org>,
        Alain Michaud <alainm@...omium.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: Terminate the link if pairing is cancelled

Hi Manish, Marcel,

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 2:38 AM Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Manish,
>
> > If user decides to cancel ongoing pairing process (e.g. by clicking
> > the cancel button on the pairing/passkey window), abort any ongoing
> > pairing and then terminate the link.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Manish Mandlik <mmandlik@...gle.com>
> > ---
> > Hello Linux-Bluetooth,
> >
> >  This patch aborts any ongoing pairing and then terminates the link
> >  by calling hci_abort_conn() in cancel_pair_device() function.
> >
> >  However, I'm not very sure if hci_abort_conn() should be called here
> >  in cancel_pair_device() or in smp for example to terminate the link
> >  after it had sent the pairing failed PDU.
> >

Id recommend leaving the hci_abort_conn out since that is a policy
decision the userspace should be in charge to decide if the link
should be disconnected or not.

> >  Please share your thoughts on this.
>
> I am look into this. Just bare with me for a bit to verify the call chain.
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
>


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Luiz Augusto von Dentz