Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3306C5ACCC for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A138F2145D for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:29:52 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org A138F2145D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sipsolutions.net Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727653AbeJRQ3o (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:29:44 -0400 Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([144.76.43.62]:59906 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727396AbeJRQ3o (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:29:44 -0400 Received: by sipsolutions.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1gD3gh-0002jy-Rz; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:29:47 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] ath10k: Add QCA vendor command/attr support to filterneighbor BSS frames From: Johannes Berg To: Kalle Valo , Karthikeyan Periyasamy Cc: ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:29:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20181005060031.BA1EB60BF4@smtp.codeaurora.org> References: <1530791512-6915-3-git-send-email-periyasa@codeaurora.org> <20181005060031.BA1EB60BF4@smtp.codeaurora.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.5 (3.28.5-1.fc28) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2018-10-05 at 06:00 +0000, Kalle Valo wrote: > > So I'm not sure what to do with this. A bpf type of filtering system in > mac80211 would be nice Yes, I think we really need to start implementing that sooner rather than later. I had something, must see if I can find time for it. > but then again we cannot benefit from HW offloading. Yes, that's a concern. But how big of a concern is it really? This patch only talks about "allow an AP" etc. and so while important, power isn't the _utmost_ concern like on mobile. Given an efficient filtering solution in software, would that be sufficient? johannes