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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: disable CSA client with channel contexts for all drivers

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Hi John,

I sent this directly to you because everyone (but me :P) is traveling
and it's intended for the current wireless tree.  This should solve the
OOPS that Linus has experienced with the CSA client code.

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Cheers,
Luca.


On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 11:58 +0300, Luca Coelho wrote:
> From: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The channel switch announcement code has some serious problems at the
> moment.  Disable it for all drivers until it has been tested and
> finalized properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/main.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
> index e0ab432..4b8eee8 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/main.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
> @@ -758,6 +758,12 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>  	netdev_features_t feature_whitelist;
>  	struct cfg80211_chan_def dflt_chandef = {};
>  
> +	/* The CSA client code is not very stable yet and seems to be
> +	 * causing trouble.  Disable it for all drivers until
> +	 * everything has been fixed and tested properly.
> +	 */
> +	hw->flags &= ~IEEE80211_HW_CHANCTX_STA_CSA;
> +
>  	if (hw->flags & IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL &&
>  	    (local->hw.offchannel_tx_hw_queue == IEEE80211_INVAL_HW_QUEUE ||
>  	     local->hw.offchannel_tx_hw_queue >= local->hw.queues))


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