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| author | Phoebe Buckheister <phoebe.buckheister@itwm.fraunhofer.de> | 2014-05-16 17:46:45 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-05-16 23:23:42 +0200 |
| commit | f0f77dc6be76ed1854b08688390e156e4b351ab5 (patch) | |
| tree | 07e7cdba0bc3a096bf2933da0a1af984e6ae4dd2 /Documentation/basic_profiling.txt | |
| parent | ieee802154: add netlink interfaces for llsec (diff) | |
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ieee802154, mac802154: implement devkey record option
The 802.15.4-2011 standard states that for each key, a list of devices
that use this key shall be kept. Previous patches have only considered
two options:
* a device "uses" (or may use) all keys, rendering the list useless
* a device is restricted to a certain set of keys
Another option would be that a device *may* use all keys, but need not
do so, and we are interested in the actual set of keys the device uses.
Recording keys used by any given device may have a noticable performance
impact and might not be needed as often. The common case, in which a
device will not switch keys too often, should still perform well.
Signed-off-by: Phoebe Buckheister <phoebe.buckheister@itwm.fraunhofer.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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