softmac: Fix ESSID problem
PATCH 1/1 softmac: Fix ESSID problem
From: Jean Tourrilhes <[email protected]>
Victor Porton reported that the SoftMAC layer had random problem when setting the ESSID :
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8686 After investigation, it turned out to be worse, the SoftMAC layer is left in an inconsistent state. The fix is pretty trivial.
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This patch is now in Linus's tree and should now be added to 2.6.22.Y.
Larry
ieee80211softmac_assoc.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c +0 -0
@@ -271,8 +271,11 @@ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(struct work_*/ dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: Scanning for networks first.\n"); ieee80211softmac_notify(mac->dev, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_SCAN_FINISHED,
ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_scan, NULL);
- if (ieee80211softmac_start_scan(mac))
+ if (ieee80211softmac_start_scan(mac)) {
dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up?\n");
+ mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
+ mac->associnfo.associated = 0;
+ }
goto out;
} else {
mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
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Quoted 9 lines · Larry Finger
From: Jean Tourrilhes <[email protected]>
Victor Porton reported that the SoftMAC layer had random problem when setting the ESSID :
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8686 After investigation, it turned out to be
worse, the SoftMAC layer is left in an inconsistent state. The fix is pretty trivial.
Quoted 6 lines
Signed-off-by Jean Tourrilhes <[email protected]>Acked-by Michael Buesch <[email protected]>Acked-by Larry Finger <[email protected]>---
This patch is now in Linus's tree and should now be added to 2.6.22.Y.
ACK for the stable guys.
John
Signature · 2 lines
John W. Linville [email protected]