Re: [PATCH] netdev: destroy auth-proto after external auth

Hi Keith,

On 12/19/24 10:17 AM, James Prestwood wrote:
> With external auth there is no associate event meaning the auth proto
> never gets freed, which prevents eapol from starting inside the
> OCI callback. Check for this specific case and free the auth proto
> after signaling that external auth has completed.
> ---
>   src/netdev.c | 7 +++++++
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/netdev.c b/src/netdev.c
> index 02496c92..2a6d94fc 100644
> --- a/src/netdev.c
> +++ b/src/netdev.c
> @@ -3483,6 +3483,13 @@ static void netdev_external_auth_sae_tx_associate(void *user_data)
>   
>   	netdev_send_external_auth(netdev, MMPDU_STATUS_CODE_SUCCESS);
>   	netdev_ensure_eapol_registered(netdev);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Free the auth proto now. With external auth there is no associate
> +	 * event which is where this normally gets cleaned up.
> +	 */
> +	auth_proto_free(netdev->ap);
> +	netdev->ap = NULL;
>   }
>   
>   struct rtnl_data {

Could you give this version of the patch a try to verify it still works 
on brcmfmac? This is just a bit simpler and more straight forward.

Thanks,

James