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[PATCHv2] offchannel: Cancel the pending_action TX wait, before starting new one.

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Delegated to: Kalle Valo
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Krishna Chaitanya Nov. 2, 2015, 3:10 p.m. UTC
From: tkc <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>

Before the tx_status is received for the action frame, if we
get another request, we respond to that by freeing the memory
for pending_action_tx, but we don't cancel the TX wait, so
in the kernel the ROC will not be cancelled.

Due to above issue, wpa_supplicant assumes that all pending
RoC's are cancelled and proceeds with interface creation and
connection, where as state in mac80211/driver will be roc_in_progress.

This is leading to issues at driver level.

Signed-off-by: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
---
V2: Fix 2 from's.
    Remove the unnecessary braces.
---
 wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c |   12 +++---------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Comments

Krishna Chaitanya Nov. 3, 2015, 4:08 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: tkc <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
>
> Before the tx_status is received for the action frame, if we
> get another request, we respond to that by freeing the memory
> for pending_action_tx, but we don't cancel the TX wait, so
> in the kernel the ROC will not be cancelled.
>
> Due to above issue, wpa_supplicant assumes that all pending
> RoC's are cancelled and proceeds with interface creation and
> connection, where as state in mac80211/driver will be roc_in_progress.
>
> This is leading to issues at driver level.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
> ---
> V2: Fix 2 from's.
>     Remove the unnecessary braces.
> ---
>  wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c |   12 +++---------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c b/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
> index 6b3f83c..581c5f6 100644
> --- a/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
> +++ b/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
> @@ -253,15 +253,9 @@ int offchannel_send_action(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, unsigned int freq,
>
>         wpa_s->pending_action_tx_status_cb = tx_cb;
>
> -       if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx) {
> -               wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "Off-channel: Dropped pending Action "
> -                          "frame TX to " MACSTR " (pending_action_tx=%p)",
> -                          MAC2STR(wpa_s->pending_action_dst),
> -                          wpa_s->pending_action_tx);

I think we should retain this print to identify if its a proper complete
or dropping pending. Anyways will wait for comments before sending V3.

.
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Jouni Malinen Nov. 22, 2015, 7:15 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 08:40:28PM +0530, Chaitanya T K wrote:
> From: tkc <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
> 
> Before the tx_status is received for the action frame, if we
> get another request, we respond to that by freeing the memory
> for pending_action_tx, but we don't cancel the TX wait, so
> in the kernel the ROC will not be cancelled.
> 
> Due to above issue, wpa_supplicant assumes that all pending
> RoC's are cancelled and proceeds with interface creation and
> connection, where as state in mac80211/driver will be roc_in_progress.
> 
> This is leading to issues at driver level.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
> ---
> V2: Fix 2 from's.
>     Remove the unnecessary braces.

I'm not sure I'd call that "From:" in the message body fixed (i.e., it
should have been the second one, not the first one; alternatively, it
would be fine to remove that From: line from the message body since the
one in the message header has a value matching that SOB).

> diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c b/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
> @@ -253,15 +253,9 @@ int offchannel_send_action(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, unsigned int freq,
>  
>  	wpa_s->pending_action_tx_status_cb = tx_cb;
>  
> -	if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx) {
> -		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "Off-channel: Dropped pending Action "
> -			   "frame TX to " MACSTR " (pending_action_tx=%p)",
> -			   MAC2STR(wpa_s->pending_action_dst),
> -			   wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
> -		wpa_hexdump_buf(MSG_MSGDUMP, "Pending TX frame",
> -				wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
> -		wpabuf_free(wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
> -	}
> +	if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx)
> +		offchannel_send_action_done(wpa_s);

As noted in your reply to this, those debug prints should not be
removed.

As far as the change to offchannel_send_action_done() is concerned, I'm
not sure it is the correct thing to do in all cases. Why would we cancel
Action frame TX wait or remain-on-channel if the new frame is for the
same channel?
Krishna Chaitanya Nov. 23, 2015, 6:06 a.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 08:40:28PM +0530, Chaitanya T K wrote:
> > From: tkc <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
> >
> > Before the tx_status is received for the action frame, if we
> > get another request, we respond to that by freeing the memory
> > for pending_action_tx, but we don't cancel the TX wait, so
> > in the kernel the ROC will not be cancelled.
> >
> > Due to above issue, wpa_supplicant assumes that all pending
> > RoC's are cancelled and proceeds with interface creation and
> > connection, where as state in mac80211/driver will be roc_in_progress.
> >
> > This is leading to issues at driver level.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > V2: Fix 2 from's.
> >     Remove the unnecessary braces.
>
> I'm not sure I'd call that "From:" in the message body fixed (i.e., it
> should have been the second one, not the first one; alternatively, it
> would be fine to remove that From: line from the message body since the
> one in the message header has a value matching that SOB).
>
Sure will remove From.

>
> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c b/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
> > @@ -253,15 +253,9 @@ int offchannel_send_action(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, unsigned int freq,
> >
> >       wpa_s->pending_action_tx_status_cb = tx_cb;
> >
> > -     if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx) {
> > -             wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "Off-channel: Dropped pending Action "
> > -                        "frame TX to " MACSTR " (pending_action_tx=%p)",
> > -                        MAC2STR(wpa_s->pending_action_dst),
> > -                        wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
> > -             wpa_hexdump_buf(MSG_MSGDUMP, "Pending TX frame",
> > -                             wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
> > -             wpabuf_free(wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
> > -     }
> > +     if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx)
> > +             offchannel_send_action_done(wpa_s);
>
> As noted in your reply to this, those debug prints should not be
> removed.
>
> As far as the change to offchannel_send_action_done() is concerned, I'm
> not sure it is the correct thing to do in all cases. Why would we cancel
> Action frame TX wait or remain-on-channel if the new frame is for the
> same channel?
>
I think wpa_supplicant can start the RoC, the FSM in mac80211
will check whether to start a new or continue the old depending on
the channel and time.
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Patch

diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c b/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
index 6b3f83c..581c5f6 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/offchannel.c
@@ -253,15 +253,9 @@  int offchannel_send_action(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, unsigned int freq,
 
 	wpa_s->pending_action_tx_status_cb = tx_cb;
 
-	if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx) {
-		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "Off-channel: Dropped pending Action "
-			   "frame TX to " MACSTR " (pending_action_tx=%p)",
-			   MAC2STR(wpa_s->pending_action_dst),
-			   wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
-		wpa_hexdump_buf(MSG_MSGDUMP, "Pending TX frame",
-				wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
-		wpabuf_free(wpa_s->pending_action_tx);
-	}
+	if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx)
+		offchannel_send_action_done(wpa_s);
+
 	wpa_s->pending_action_tx_done = 0;
 	wpa_s->pending_action_tx = wpabuf_alloc(len);
 	if (wpa_s->pending_action_tx == NULL) {