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Re: [PATCH 12/12] cfg80211: Do not warn on same channel at the end of CSA

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> From: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When cfg80211_update_assoc_bss_entry() is called, there is a
> verification that the BSS channel actually changed. As some APs use
> CSA also for bandwidth changes, this would result with a kernel
> warning.
> 
> Fix this by removing the WARN_ON().
> 
> Change-Id: I6710376b1b4257e5f4712fc7ab16e2b638d512aa
> Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/wireless/scan.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
> index dd41e41f9d26..4000382aef48 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/scan.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
> @@ -2019,7 +2019,11 @@ void cfg80211_update_assoc_bss_entry(struct wireless_dev *wdev,
>  
>  	spin_lock_bh(&rdev->bss_lock);
>  
> -	if (WARN_ON(cbss->pub.channel == chan))
> +	/*
> +	 * Some APs use CSA also for bandwidth changes, i.e., without actually
> +	 * changing the control channel, so no need to update in such a case.
> +	 */
> +	if (cbss->pub.channel == chan)
>  		goto done;
>  
>  	/* use transmitting bss */

Indeed, that WARN_ON was too harsh here. One more triggering use-case
here was repeater. Thanks for fixing !

Reviewed-by: Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Sergey



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