Return-path: Received: from mail-bn3nam01on0081.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([104.47.33.81]:46056 "EHLO NAM01-BN3-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932210AbdKACbl (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:31:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Update last_ack status for all except probing frames To: Rajkumar Manoharan , johannes@sipsolutions.net Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, rmanohar@codeaurora.org References: <1509409746-26592-1-git-send-email-rmanohar@qti.qualcomm.com> From: Igor Mitsyanko Message-ID: <46362ff1-acfb-701c-5f71-7d117d223e1a@quantenna.com> (sfid-20171101_033146_493487_6EFC96E2) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:31:33 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1509409746-26592-1-git-send-email-rmanohar@qti.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/30/2017 05:29 PM, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote: > > Update last_ack status for all except station probing frames > (i.e null data). Otherwise the station inactivity duration is > cleared whenever AP is checking presence of idle stations by sending > null data frame for every inactive threshold (ap_max_inactivity). > Though the station is idle for longer period, the inactive > time in station dump is restricted ap_max_inactivity threshold. > > Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan > --- To clarify: wouldn't it break hostapd's "inactivity timeot kick-out" logic in hostapd? As hostapd generates NULL frames to idle stations to reset their inactivity time, otherwise it will disassociate a station, after an ap_max_inactivity period.