Currently, the Marvell WiFi driver rejects any connection attmept while
we are currently connected. This is poor logic, since there are several
legitimate use-cases for initiating a connection attempt while
connected, including re-association and BSS Transitioning. This logic
means that it's impossible for userspace to request the driver to
connect to a different BSS on the same ESS without explicitly requesting
a disconnect first.
Remove the check from the driver so that we can complete BSS transitions
on the first attempt.
Testing on Chrome OS has shown that this change resolves some issues
with failed BSS transitions.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Lund <kglund@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index bcd564dc3554a..84d650c9dceb0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -2414,12 +2414,6 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (priv->wdev.connected) {
- mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
- "%s: already connected\n", dev->name);
- return -EALREADY;
- }
-
if (priv->scan_block)
priv->scan_block = false;
--
2.39.2
