Return-path: Received: from paleale.coelho.fi ([176.9.41.70]:59840 "EHLO farmhouse.coelho.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752657AbeBSM4g (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2018 07:56:36 -0500 Message-ID: <1519044993.7832.105.camel@coelho.fi> (sfid-20180219_135639_529202_C17E42C6) From: Luca Coelho To: johannes@sipsolutions.net Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Sara Sharon Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:56:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20180219124847.27169-3-luca@coelho.fi> References: <20180219124847.27169-1-luca@coelho.fi> <20180219124847.27169-3-luca@coelho.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] mac80211: ibss: send a probe request instead of allocating station Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2018-02-19 at 14:48 +0200, Luca Coelho wrote: > From: Sara Sharon > > When we hear frames from IBSS that we don't have a station > for, we allocate the station in the RX path with incomplete > data. > > Instead, send a probe request to the station. > > This helps to solve an issue with iwlwifi, which cannot allocate > stations in atomic paths, and has the added values of having full > data of the station and getting rid from some code. > > Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon > Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho > --- I forgot Nicolas' comment about this patch when I sent v2. So please don't take this yet (as we agreed) and I'll ask Sari to look into the issue. Just for the record. -- Cheers, Luca.