From: Shaul Triebitz <shaul.triebitz@xxxxxxxxx>
When disabling HE due to the lack of HT/VHT, do it
at an earlier stage to avoid advertising HE capabilities IE.
Also, at this point, no need to check if AP supports HE, since
it is already checked earlier (in ieee80211_prep_channel).
Signed-off-by: Shaul Triebitz <shaul.triebitz@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 19 +++++++++----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 8c6a4dc017a5..54e511dbbc12 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -916,6 +916,15 @@ static void ieee80211_send_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
ieee80211_add_vht_ie(sdata, skb, sband,
&assoc_data->ap_vht_cap);
+ /*
+ * If AP doesn't support HT, mark HE as disabled.
+ * If on the 5GHz band, make sure it supports VHT.
+ */
+ if (ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HT ||
+ (sband->band == NL80211_BAND_5GHZ &&
+ ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT))
+ ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE;
+
if (!(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE))
ieee80211_add_he_ie(sdata, skb, sband);
@@ -3231,16 +3240,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_success(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
goto out;
}
- /*
- * If AP doesn't support HT, or it doesn't have HE mandatory IEs, mark
- * HE as disabled. If on the 5GHz band, make sure it supports VHT.
- */
- if (ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HT ||
- (sband->band == NL80211_BAND_5GHZ &&
- ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT) ||
- (!elems.he_cap && !elems.he_operation))
- ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE;
-
if (!(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE) &&
(!elems.he_cap || !elems.he_operation)) {
mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->sta_mtx);
--
2.19.2
