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Re: [PATCH] nl80211: check channel switch validity better

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On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-01-22 at 10:02 -0800, Thomas Pedersen wrote:
>
>> > --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
>> > +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
>> > @@ -5799,10 +5799,15 @@ static int nl80211_channel_switch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>
>> >         case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
>> > +               if (!wdev->mesh_id_len)
>> > +                       return -ENOTCONN;
>>
>> Hmmm. I'm pretty sure there are some users which set the channel prior
>> to mesh join. This would break that and only allow sending the channel
>> with mesh join?
>
> I don't think channel_switch() is invoked for that? That's done only for
> run-time switching of the channel with CSA etc.

Oh right, that was a special case then.

Thanks,
Thomas
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