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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: free ifsta->extra_ie in ieee80211_stop

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> > Yes. But if you do that, the interface won't be down either. Maybe this
> > should also be done when removing keys?
> 
> That seems better to me; although couldn't it also be cleared when
> setting static WEP keys?  Dynamic WEP shouldn't care about the IE bits
> either, so any time a WEP key is set and you're _not_ doing WPA the IE
> could get cleared.

Yeah, this is a bit icky. Also, we need to reset the state of the "use
key management" variable.

> Though on the other hand, the interface isn't going to work much longer
> after wpa_supplicant goes away anyway, depending on how long the
> group/multicast rekey interval is.

Actually, we're talking about getting it to work on another AP anyway.

johannes

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