From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
If we just read jiffies over and over again, a non-transmitting
entry may have a newer timestamp than the transmitting one,
leading to possible confusion on expiry. Give them all the same
timestamp when creating them.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/scan.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 186ae1bb510a..a98dabab557a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct cfg80211_internal_bss tmp = {}, *res;
int bss_type;
bool signal_valid;
+ unsigned long ts;
if (WARN_ON(!wiphy))
return NULL;
@@ -1390,8 +1391,11 @@ cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(struct wiphy *wiphy,
tmp.ts_boottime = data->boottime_ns;
if (non_tx_data) {
tmp.pub.transmitted_bss = non_tx_data->tx_bss;
+ ts = bss_from_pub(non_tx_data->tx_bss)->ts;
tmp.pub.bssid_index = non_tx_data->bssid_index;
tmp.pub.max_bssid_indicator = non_tx_data->max_bssid_indicator;
+ } else {
+ ts = jiffies;
}
/*
@@ -1425,8 +1429,7 @@ cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(struct wiphy *wiphy,
signal_valid = abs(data->chan->center_freq - channel->center_freq) <=
wiphy->max_adj_channel_rssi_comp;
- res = cfg80211_bss_update(wiphy_to_rdev(wiphy), &tmp, signal_valid,
- jiffies);
+ res = cfg80211_bss_update(wiphy_to_rdev(wiphy), &tmp, signal_valid, ts);
if (!res)
return NULL;
--
2.17.2
