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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: inform userspace of probe/auth/assoc timeout

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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I noticed that when for some reason [1] the probe or auth times
> out, wpa_supplicant doesn't realise this and only tries the next
> AP when it runs into its own timeout, which is ten seconds, and
> that's quite long. Fix this by making mac80211 notify userspace
> that it didn't associate.

Earlier this week I received an internal bug report about this.
Excellent timing for providing a fix. Thank you, Johannes :)

> Might be worth backporting to stable?

I have to backport the patch anyway so I can provide the patch. But I
don't think this being that important bug to be fixed in stable
series. We have had this bug in mac80211 always, right?

-- 
Kalle Valo
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