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[wpan-next,4/5] ieee802154: Avoid confusing changes after associating

Message ID 20231128111655.507479-5-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
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Series ieee802154: Association tweaks | expand

Commit Message

Miquel Raynal Nov. 28, 2023, 11:16 a.m. UTC
Once associated with any device, we are part of a PAN (with a specific
PAN ID), and we are expected to be present on a particular
channel. Let's avoid confusing other devices by preventing any PAN
ID/channel change once associated.

Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
---
 net/ieee802154/nl802154.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Comments

Stefan Schmidt Dec. 7, 2023, 8:47 p.m. UTC | #1
Hello.

On 28.11.23 12:16, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Once associated with any device, we are part of a PAN (with a specific
> PAN ID), and we are expected to be present on a particular
> channel. Let's avoid confusing other devices by preventing any PAN
> ID/channel change once associated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> ---
>   net/ieee802154/nl802154.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
> index e4d290d0e0a0..5c73b5fcadc0 100644
> --- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
> +++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
> @@ -1087,6 +1087,15 @@ static int nl802154_set_pan_id(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>   
>   	pan_id = nla_get_le16(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_PAN_ID]);
>   
> +	/* Only allow changing the PAN ID when the device has no more
> +	 * associations ongoing to avoid confusing peers.
> +	 */
> +	if (cfg802154_device_is_associated(wpan_dev)) {
> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack,
> +			       "Existing associations, changing PAN ID forbidden");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>   	return rdev_set_pan_id(rdev, wpan_dev, pan_id);
>   }
>   
> @@ -1113,20 +1122,17 @@ static int nl802154_set_short_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>   
>   	short_addr = nla_get_le16(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SHORT_ADDR]);
>   
> -	/* TODO
> -	 * I am not sure about to check here on broadcast short_addr.
> -	 * Broadcast is a valid setting, comment from 802.15.4:
> -	 * A value of 0xfffe indicates that the device has
> -	 * associated but has not been allocated an address. A
> -	 * value of 0xffff indicates that the device does not
> -	 * have a short address.
> -	 *
> -	 * I think we should allow to set these settings but
> -	 * don't allow to allow socket communication with it.
> +	/* The short address only has a meaning when part of a PAN, after a
> +	 * proper association procedure. However, we want to still offer the
> +	 * possibility to create static networks so changing the short address
> +	 * is only allowed when not already associated to other devices with
> +	 * the official handshake.
>   	 */
> -	if (short_addr == cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT_UNSPEC) ||
> -	    short_addr == cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT_BROADCAST))
> +	if (cfg802154_device_is_associated(wpan_dev)) {
> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack,
> +			       "Existing associations, changing short address forbidden");
>   		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
>   
>   	return rdev_set_short_addr(rdev, wpan_dev, short_addr);
>   }

Acked-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>

regards
Stefan Schmidt
Alexander Aring Dec. 15, 2023, 3:18 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi,

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 6:17 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> Once associated with any device, we are part of a PAN (with a specific
> PAN ID), and we are expected to be present on a particular
> channel. Let's avoid confusing other devices by preventing any PAN
> ID/channel change once associated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>

Acked-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@redhat.com>

- Alex
Miquel Raynal Dec. 20, 2023, 7:32 a.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, 2023-11-28 at 11:16:54 UTC, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Once associated with any device, we are part of a PAN (with a specific
> PAN ID), and we are expected to be present on a particular
> channel. Let's avoid confusing other devices by preventing any PAN
> ID/channel change once associated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> Acked-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
> Acked-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@redhat.com>

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wpan/wpan-next.git master.

Miquel
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diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
index e4d290d0e0a0..5c73b5fcadc0 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,15 @@  static int nl802154_set_pan_id(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	pan_id = nla_get_le16(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_PAN_ID]);
 
+	/* Only allow changing the PAN ID when the device has no more
+	 * associations ongoing to avoid confusing peers.
+	 */
+	if (cfg802154_device_is_associated(wpan_dev)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack,
+			       "Existing associations, changing PAN ID forbidden");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return rdev_set_pan_id(rdev, wpan_dev, pan_id);
 }
 
@@ -1113,20 +1122,17 @@  static int nl802154_set_short_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	short_addr = nla_get_le16(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SHORT_ADDR]);
 
-	/* TODO
-	 * I am not sure about to check here on broadcast short_addr.
-	 * Broadcast is a valid setting, comment from 802.15.4:
-	 * A value of 0xfffe indicates that the device has
-	 * associated but has not been allocated an address. A
-	 * value of 0xffff indicates that the device does not
-	 * have a short address.
-	 *
-	 * I think we should allow to set these settings but
-	 * don't allow to allow socket communication with it.
+	/* The short address only has a meaning when part of a PAN, after a
+	 * proper association procedure. However, we want to still offer the
+	 * possibility to create static networks so changing the short address
+	 * is only allowed when not already associated to other devices with
+	 * the official handshake.
 	 */
-	if (short_addr == cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT_UNSPEC) ||
-	    short_addr == cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT_BROADCAST))
+	if (cfg802154_device_is_associated(wpan_dev)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack,
+			       "Existing associations, changing short address forbidden");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	return rdev_set_short_addr(rdev, wpan_dev, short_addr);
 }