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Radek Podgorny 4914c49989 Bluetooth: put the peer's on-air address on air when we cannot resolve
An identity address only reaches a peer that is advertising an RPA if the
controller resolves it on our behalf. Where it cannot, the host has to put
the peer's on-air address on air itself.

hci_connect_le() still swaps the caller's identity address for the peer's
cached RPA before creating the connection, but __hci_conn_add() resolves
the RPA back to the identity address when it stores it, so the identity is
what goes out. Storing the identity is right when the controller
translates it on the way to the radio; without LL Privacy, or with this
peer absent from the resolving list, nothing does.

A peer advertising an RPA cannot answer its identity address, so the
attempt burns a full create-connection timeout. That is not merely a slow
connect: a controller without extended scanning cannot scan while it is
initiating, so every dead attempt also takes the scanner off the air for
the whole timeout.

Measured on a CYW43438, which reports neither LL Privacy nor extended
advertising (LE features 3f 00 00 08 00 00 00 00), against a peer
advertising a resolvable private address the host holds the IRK for, with
the connection requested on the peer's identity address:

  before: LE Create Connection to the identity address, public type
          1.61s -> 22.07s, then LE Create Connection Cancel
          LE Connection Complete: Unknown Connection Identifier (0x02)
  after:  LE Create Connection to the peer's RPA, random type
          LE Connection Complete: Success

Advertising reports reaching the host per second, same window, same five
unrelated devices on the adapter:

  before   1s:2   [nothing from 2s through 21s]   22s:5  23s:3
  after    0s:11 1s:5 2s:2 3s:5 4s:3 5s:4 ... 21s:2 22s:1 23s:2

One dead connect costs twenty seconds of scanning for every device on the
adapter, not just the one being dialled.

Keep the RPA in conn->dst unless the controller will translate the
identity address: address resolution enabled and the peer's identity
actually programmed into the resolving list. Testing ll_privacy_capable()
alone would not be enough: it reports the feature bit, not whether
resolution is switched on and not whether this peer is in the list.
Resolution is cleared with the other volatile flags on power-off and
switched off again while suspend pauses scanning, and a peer's IRK is only
programmed along the accept list path, so a direct-connect target, a peer
without HCI_CONN_FLAG_ADDRESS_RESOLUTION, and one that did not fit in a
full list are all absent from it.

With the peer programmed, the identity address stays in conn->dst and the
controller translates it: measured on an Intel controller, the host dials
the identity and LE Enhanced Connection Complete reports Resolved Public
with the peer's RPA in the separate peer resolvable private address field.
With the peer absent from the list the same setup dials the RPA itself.

Everything downstream already copes with an RPA in conn->dst: it is what
every outgoing LE connection stored before 14b06c3a88, the connection
complete event names the address that was dialled, and
le_conn_complete_evt() resolves it back to the identity once the link is
up. ISO links keep the unconditional conversion: they are created from an
existing ACL or a periodic sync and never dial this address themselves.

Keeping the RPA is only right while the peer is still using it, which is
why the preceding patch drops the cached RPA as soon as the peer is seen
advertising its identity address. Without that, a peer that turns privacy
off would be dialled on the address it abandoned rather than the one it
is answering on.

Fixes: 14b06c3a88 ("Bluetooth: HCI: Always use the identity address when initializing a connection")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Radek Podgorny <radek@podgorny.cz>
Signed-off-by: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.von.dentz@intel.com>
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drivers Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: validate TX skb length in send_sync 2026-09-15 14:49:34 -04:00
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Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer: Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher: Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert: Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer: Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator: Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer: Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor: Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer: Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant: LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
* IRC: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net
* Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
* MAINTAINERS file: Lists subsystem maintainers and mailing lists
* Email Clients: Documentation/process/email-clients.rst