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Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix auth/assoc timeout handling

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On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 10:29 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In my commit 1672c0e31917f49d31d30d79067103432bc20cc7
> ("mac80211: start auth/assoc timeout on frame status")
> I broke auth/assoc timeout handling: in case we wait
> for the TX status, it now leaves the timeout field set
> to 0, which is a valid time and can compare as being
> before now ("jiffies"). Thus, if the work struct runs
> for some other reason, the auth/assoc is treated as
> having timed out.
> 
> Fix this by introducing a separate "timeout_started"
> variable that tracks whether the timeout has started
> and is checked before timing out.
> 
> Additionally, for proper TX status handling the change
> requires that the skb->dev pointer is set up for all
> the frames, so set it up for all frames in mac80211.

Applied.

johannes

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