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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: make ieee802_11_parse_elems return void

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On Tuesday 16 October 2007 22:38:43 John W. Linville wrote:
> Some APs send management frames with junk padding after the last IE.
> We already account for a similar problem with some Apple Airport
> devices, but at least one device is known to send more than a single
> extra byte.  The device in question is the Draytek Vigor2900:
>
> 	http://www.draytek.com.au/products/Vigor2900.php
>
> The junk in question looks like an IE that runs off the end of the
> frame.  This cause us to return ParseFailed.  Since the frame in
> question is an association response, this causes us to fail to associate
> with this AP.
>
> The return code from ieee802_11_parse_elems is superfluous.
> All callers still check for the presence of the specific IEs that
> interest them anyway.  So, remove the return code so the parse never
> "fails".
>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Michael Wu

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