cfg80211 allows re-association in managed mode and if a user wants to re-associate to the same AP network after the time period of IEEE80211_SCAN_RESULT_EXPIRE, cfg80211 warns with the following message on receiving the connect result event. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 13984 at net/wireless/sme.c:658 __cfg80211_connect_result+0x3a6/0x3e0 [cfg80211]() Call Trace: [<ffffffff81747a41>] dump_stack+0x46/0x58 [<ffffffff81045847>] warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xb0 [<ffffffff81045885>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20 [<ffffffffa05345f6>] __cfg80211_connect_result+0x3a6/0x3e0 [cfg80211] [<ffffffff8107168b>] ? update_rq_clock+0x2b/0x50 [<ffffffff81078c01>] ? update_curr+0x1/0x160 [<ffffffffa05133d2>] cfg80211_process_wdev_events+0xb2/0x1c0 [cfg80211] [<ffffffff81079303>] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x63/0x170 [<ffffffffa0513518>] cfg80211_process_rdev_events+0x38/0x90 [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa050f03d>] cfg80211_event_work+0x1d/0x30 [cfg80211] [<ffffffff8105f21f>] process_one_work+0x17f/0x420 [<ffffffff8105f90a>] worker_thread+0x11a/0x370 [<ffffffff8105f7f0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x2f0/0x2f0 [<ffffffff8106638b>] kthread+0xbb/0xc0 [<ffffffff810662d0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff817574bc>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [<ffffffff810662d0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x120/0x120 ---[ end trace 61f3bddc9c4981f7 ]--- The reason is that, in connect result event cfg80211 unholds the BSS to which the device is associated (and was held so far). So, for the event with status successful, when cfg80211 wants to get that BSS from the device's BSS list it gets a NULL BSS because the BSS has been expired and unheld already. Fix this by searching and saving the BSS before it gets unhold by the cfg80211. Use that saved BSS and hold it again when the assiciation is successful. Signed-off-by: Ujjal Roy <royujjal@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/sme.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c index 65f8008..5eeb8e0 100644 --- a/net/wireless/sme.c +++ b/net/wireless/sme.c @@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ void __cfg80211_connect_result(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid, struct cfg80211_bss *bss) { struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr; + struct cfg80211_bss *save_bss = NULL; const u8 *country_ie; #ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT union iwreq_data wrqu; @@ -632,6 +633,11 @@ void __cfg80211_connect_result(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid, } #endif + if (!bss) + save_bss = cfg80211_get_bss(wdev->wiphy, NULL, bssid, + wdev->ssid, wdev->ssid_len, + WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS, + WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS); if (wdev->current_bss) { cfg80211_unhold_bss(wdev->current_bss); cfg80211_put_bss(wdev->wiphy, &wdev->current_bss->pub); @@ -651,10 +657,7 @@ void __cfg80211_connect_result(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid, if (!bss) { WARN_ON_ONCE(!wiphy_to_dev(wdev->wiphy)->ops->connect); - bss = cfg80211_get_bss(wdev->wiphy, NULL, bssid, - wdev->ssid, wdev->ssid_len, - WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS, - WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS); + bss = save_bss; if (WARN_ON(!bss)) return; cfg80211_hold_bss(bss_from_pub(bss)); -- 1.8.3.1 -- 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