There is not a valid reason to attempt setting the monitor channel
while in managed mode. Since this code path only deals with this mode,
remove the code block.
Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/wext-sme.c | 23 -----------------------
1 file changed, 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
index 9951638..c434f19 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
@@ -105,30 +105,7 @@ int cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq(struct net_device *dev,
goto out;
}
-
wdev->wext.connect.channel = chan;
-
- /*
- * SSID is not set, we just want to switch monitor channel,
- * this is really just backward compatibility, if the SSID
- * is set then we use the channel to select the BSS to use
- * to connect to instead. If we were connected on another
- * channel we disconnected above and reconnect below.
- */
- if (chan && !wdev->wext.connect.ssid_len) {
- struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef = {
- .width = NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT,
- .center_freq1 = freq,
- };
-
- chandef.chan = ieee80211_get_channel(&rdev->wiphy, freq);
- if (chandef.chan)
- err = cfg80211_set_monitor_channel(rdev, &chandef);
- else
- err = -EINVAL;
- goto out;
- }
-
err = cfg80211_mgd_wext_connect(rdev, wdev);
out:
wdev_unlock(wdev);
--
2.7.4
