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

[Ben Greear]

On 11/5/19 8:49 AM, Linus LÃssing wrote:
> From: Linus LÃssing <ll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Linus LÃssing <ll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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,


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