netdev - Re: [PATCH wpan-next 2/5] mac802154: Use the PAN coordinator parameter when stamping packets

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Message-ID: <CAK-6q+h8wFD6Phq51fau9t-L7f9vH89OkbS2p+LLSZRNA-LbPA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:05:22 -0500
From: Alexander Aring <aahringo@...hat.com>
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>, Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>, 
	linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org, David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>, 
	Romuald Despres <romuald.despres@...vo.com>, Frederic Blain <frederic.blain@...vo.com>, 
	Nicolas Schodet <nico@...fr.eu.org>, Guilhem Imberton <guilhem.imberton@...vo.com>, 
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH wpan-next 2/5] mac802154: Use the PAN coordinator
 parameter when stamping packets

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 9:46 PM Alexander Aring <aahringo@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 6:17 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
> >
> > ACKs come with the source and destination address empty, this has been
> > clarified already. But there is something else: if the destination
> > address is empty but the source address is valid, it may be a way to
> > reach the PAN coordinator. Either the device receiving this frame is the
> > PAN coordinator itself and should process what it just received
> > (PACKET_HOST) or it is not and may, if supported, relay the packet as it
> > is targeted to another device in the network.
> >
> > Right now we do not support relaying so the packet should be dropped in
> > the first place, but the stamping looks more accurate this way.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>

Acked-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@...hat.com>

- Alex