ath9k: Configure beacons for AP vif if this has not happened yet
RFC 1/1 ath9k: Configure beacons for AP vif if this has not happened yet
Right now there is a bug where beaconing might not be enabled correctly if the user has configuring multiple VIFs.
The issue surfaces if the userspace first creates the AP devices and only then configures the first VIF (ath9k_bss_info_changed is called). In this case the current ath9k_allow_beacon_config implementation will not allow configuration as multiple AP VIFs are already present and beaconing is never configured in the driver.
This issue was probably introduced back in 2012 by commit ef4ad6336 "ath9k: Cleanup beacon logic". The fix in this patch simply checks whether beaconing has been configured yet (or configuration is scheduled) and allows the configuration in that case. This works around the issue here, but I have no idea whether it is a sane solution.
--- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c +2 -1
@@ -504,7 +504,8 @@ static bool ath9k_allow_beacon_config(struct ath_softc *sc,if (sc->sc_ah->opmode ==NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ) {if ((vif->type !=NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ) || - (sc->nbcnvifs >1 )) { +test_bit (ATH_OP_BEACONS , &common->op_flags) || + (sc->ps_flags &PS_BEACON_SYNC )) {ath_dbg (common,CONFIG ,"An AP interface is already present !\n" );return false;
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Quoted 8 lines · Benjamin Berg
Right now there is a bug where beaconing might not be enabled correctly if the user has configuring multiple VIFs.
The issue surfaces if the userspace first creates the AP devices and only then configures the first VIF (ath9k_bss_info_changedis called). In this case the currentath9k_allow_beacon_configimplementation will not allow configuration as multiple AP VIFs are already present and beaconing is never configured in the driver.
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This issue was probably introduced back in 2012 by commit
ef4ad6336"ath9k: Cleanup beacon logic". The fix in this patch simply checks whether beaconing has been configured yet (or configuration is scheduled) and allows the configuration in that case. This works around the issue here, but I have no idea whether it is a sane solution.
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Kalle Valo