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authorLorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com>2012-08-10 11:00:24 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-08-13 15:17:24 -0400
commite1352fde5682ab1bdd2a9e5d75c22d1fe210ef77 (patch)
tree9c36e5390402a18ba243b504895010b9dd214ebf
parente19f15ac6437624b6214b2f0ec0d69fb7eb205fa (diff)
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ath9k: fix decrypt_error initialization in ath_rx_tasklet()
ath_rx_tasklet() calls ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess() and ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess() in a loop over the received frames. The decrypt_error flag is initialized to false just outside ath_rx_tasklet() loop. ath9k_rx_accept(), called by ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess(), only sets decrypt_error to true and never to false. Then ath_rx_tasklet() calls ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess() and passes decrypt_error to it. So, after a decryption error, in ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess(), we can have a leftover value from another processed frame. In that case, the frame will not be marked with RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED even if it is decrypted correctly. When using CCMP encryption this issue can lead to connection stuck because of CCMP PN corruption and a waste of CPU time since mac80211 tries to decrypt an already deciphered frame with ieee80211_aes_ccm_decrypt. Fix the issue initializing decrypt_error flag at the begging of the ath_rx_tasklet() loop. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 12aca02..4480c0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,6 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush, bool hp)
struct ieee80211_hw *hw = sc->hw;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
int retval;
- bool decrypt_error = false;
struct ath_rx_status rs;
enum ath9k_rx_qtype qtype;
bool edma = !!(ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA);
@@ -1066,6 +1065,7 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush, bool hp)
tsf_lower = tsf & 0xffffffff;
do {
+ bool decrypt_error = false;
/* If handling rx interrupt and flush is in progress => exit */
if (test_bit(SC_OP_RXFLUSH, &sc->sc_flags) && (flush == 0))
break;
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