Not every IF event from the firmware needs to result in a related interface, netdev or wdev, on the host. This is indicated in the event message. Handle that flag and effectively ignore the firmware event. Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h | 2 ++ drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h index 1273dfd..2eb9e64 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h @@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ #define BRCMF_E_IF_DEL 2 #define BRCMF_E_IF_CHANGE 3 +#define BRCMF_E_IF_FLAG_NOIF 1 + #define BRCMF_E_IF_ROLE_STA 0 #define BRCMF_E_IF_ROLE_AP 1 #define BRCMF_E_IF_ROLE_WDS 2 diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c index 83ee53a..fad77dd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fweh.c @@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ static void brcmf_fweh_handle_if_event(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, ifevent->action, ifevent->ifidx, ifevent->bssidx, ifevent->flags, ifevent->role); + if (ifevent->flags & BRCMF_E_IF_FLAG_NOIF) { + brcmf_dbg(EVENT, "event can be ignored\n"); + return; + } if (ifevent->ifidx >= BRCMF_MAX_IFS) { brcmf_err("invalid interface index: %u\n", ifevent->ifidx); -- 1.8.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html