Re: [PATCH] nl80211: Don't set offchan-OK flag if doing on-channel frame.

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 02:34:24PM -0700, greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I saw a case where the kernel's nl80211 rejected hostapd's attempt to
> send a neighbor report response because nl80211 flagged the frame as
> offchannel-OK, but kernel rejects because channel was on ch 100 and
> so kernel failed thinking it was constrained by CAC.
> 
> So, don't even set the packet as off-channel OK if we are not transmitting
> offchannel.

Thanks, applied with a change to make this apply only for AP mode to
avoid breaking something in station mode if bss->freq is not updated.
 
-- 
Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA

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