This prevents some fw revisions from crashing in
many cases when user is trying to run a
promiscuous station interface (e.g. sniffing,
4addr bridge).
Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 19562a7..bf8a402 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -3169,8 +3169,16 @@ static void ath10k_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
}
if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC) {
- if (info->assoc)
+ if (info->assoc) {
+ /* Workaround: Make sure monitor vdev is not running
+ * when associating to prevent some firmware revisions
+ * (e.g. 10.1 and 10.2) from crashing.
+ */
+ if (ar->monitor_started)
+ ath10k_monitor_stop(ar);
ath10k_bss_assoc(hw, vif, info);
+ ath10k_monitor_recalc(ar);
+ }
}
exit:
--
1.8.5.3
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