From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Since links are only controlled by userspace via cfg80211
in AP mode, also only remove them from the driver in that
case.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/util.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c
index 3bc0c3072e78..9755ef281040 100644
--- a/net/wireless/util.c
+++ b/net/wireless/util.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
* Copyright 2007-2009 Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Copyright 2013-2014 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
* Copyright 2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
*/
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
@@ -2558,6 +2558,13 @@ void cfg80211_remove_links(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
{
unsigned int link_id;
+ /*
+ * links are controlled by upper layers (userspace/cfg)
+ * only for AP mode, so only remove them here for AP
+ */
+ if (wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
+ return;
+
wdev_lock(wdev);
if (wdev->valid_links) {
for_each_valid_link(wdev, link_id)
--
2.38.1
