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    ath9k_hw: Fix incorrect key_miss handling · 0472ade0
    Senthil Balasubramanian authored
    
    
    Decryping frames on key_miss handling shouldn't be done for Michael
    MIC failed frames as h/w would have already decrypted such frames
    successfully anyway.
    
    Also leaving CRC and PHY error(where the frame is going to be dropped
    anyway), we are left to prcoess Decrypt error for which s/w decrypt is
    selected anway and so having key_miss as a separate check doesn't serve
    anything. So making key_miss handling mutually exlusive with other RX
    status handling makes much more sense.
    
    This patch addresses an issue with STA not reporting MIC failure events
    resulting in STA being disconnected immediately.
    
    Cc: stable@kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSenthil Balasubramanian <senthilb@qca.qualcomm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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