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Re: [PATCH 2.6] SoftMAC : fix ESSID problem

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On Tuesday 10 July 2007 00:19:22 Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> 	Hi,
> 
> 	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.
>         John : would you mind pushing that to 2.6.23 ?
>         Thanks...
> 
>         Jean
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> --- linux/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.j1.c	2007-07-09 13:56:13.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c	2007-07-09 13:56:41.000000000 -0700
> @@ -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;
> 

Acked-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx>


-- 
Greetings Michael.
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