ath10k: deliver mgmt frames from htt to monitor vifs only
Until now only WMI originating mgmt frames were
reported to mac80211. Management frames on HTT
were basically dropped (except frames which looked
like management but had FCS error).
To allow sniffing all frames (including offloaded
frames) without interfering with mac80211
operation and states a new rx_flag was introduced
and is not being used to distinguish frames and
classify them for mac80211.
Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Bajorski <grzegorz.bajorski@tieto.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
index c31b487..651220e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
@@ -2310,6 +2310,12 @@
hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
fc = le16_to_cpu(hdr->frame_control);
+ /* Firmware is guaranteed to report all essential management frames via
+ * WMI while it can deliver some extra via HTT. Since there can be
+ * duplicates split the reporting wrt monitor/sniffing.
+ */
+ status->flag |= RX_FLAG_SKIP_MONITOR;
+
ath10k_wmi_handle_wep_reauth(ar, skb, status);
/* FW delivers WEP Shared Auth frame with Protected Bit set and