On Fri, 2018-01-26 at 23:17 +0100, Matthias Schiffer wrote:
>
> I propose to revert this for now (I assume it's too late for 4.15, but
> hopefully the regression can be fixed in 4.15.1).
I really don't think we should revert this, it fixes a real bug.
We can easily switch the default though, would something like this
help?
diff --git a/net/wireless/mesh.c b/net/wireless/mesh.c
index 51aa55618ef7..b12da6ef3c12 100644
--- a/net/wireless/mesh.c
+++ b/net/wireless/mesh.c
@@ -170,9 +170,28 @@ int __cfg80211_join_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
enum nl80211_bss_scan_width scan_width;
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband =
rdev->wiphy.bands[setup->chandef.chan->band];
- scan_width = cfg80211_chandef_to_scan_width(&setup->chandef);
- setup->basic_rates = ieee80211_mandatory_rates(sband,
- scan_width);
+
+ if (setup->chandef.chan->band == NL80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * Older versions selected the mandatory rates for
+ * 2.4 GHz as well, but were broken in that only
+ * 1 Mbps was regarded as a mandatory rate. Keep
+ * using just 1 Mbps as the default basic rate for
+ * mesh to be interoperable with older versions.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
+ if (sband->bitrates[i].bitrate == 10) {
+ setup->basic_rates = BIT(i);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ scan_width = cfg80211_chandef_to_scan_width(&setup->chandef);
+ setup->basic_rates = ieee80211_mandatory_rates(sband,
+ scan_width);
+ }
}
err = cfg80211_chandef_dfs_required(&rdev->wiphy,
johannes
