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Fix IBSS join by initializing last_scan_completed

PATCH Applied Krzysztof Hałasa 2 participants 2 messages May 26, 2014 – May 27, 2014 mac80211

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Krzysztof Hałasa

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PATCH 1/1 Fix IBSS join by initializing last_scan_completed

Without this fix, freshly rebooted Linux creates a new IBSS, instead of joining existing one. Only when jiffies counter overflows after 5 minutes the IBSS can be successfully joined.

Intel Wireless 7260 PCIe.

Signed-off-by Krzysztof Hałasa <[email protected]>
net/mac80211/ibss.c +1 -0
@@ -1648,6 +1648,7 @@ int ieee80211_ibss_join(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	sdata->u.ibss.control_port = params->control_port;
 	sdata->u.ibss.userspace_handles_dfs = params->userspace_handles_dfs;
 	sdata->u.ibss.basic_rates = params->basic_rates;
+	sdata->u.ibss.last_scan_completed = jiffies;
 
 	/* fix basic_rates if channel does not support these rates */
 	rate_flags = ieee80211_chandef_rate_flags(&params->chandef);
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Krzysztof Halasa

Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP
Al. Jerozolimskie 202, 02-486 Warsaw, Poland
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Quoted 7 lines · Krzysztof Hałasa

Without this fix, freshly rebooted Linux creates a new IBSS, instead of joining existing one. Only when jiffies counter overflows after 5 minutes the IBSS can be successfully joined.

Intel Wireless 7260 PCIe.

Signed-off-by Krzysztof Hałasa <[email protected]>

Applied, thanks.

johannes