From: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Adding then removing a second vif currently makes the first vif not working
anymore. This is visible for example when we have a first interface
connected to some access point:
- create a wpa_supplicant.conf with some AP credentials
- wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan0
- dhclient wlan0
- iw phy phy0 interface add wlan1 type managed
- iw dev wlan1 del
wlan0 does not manage properly traffic anymore (eg: ping not working)
This is due to vif mode being incorrectly reconfigured with some default
values in del_virtual_intf, affecting by default first vif.
Prevent first vif from being affected on second vif removal by removing vif
mode change command in del_virtual_intf
Fixes: 9bc061e88054 ("staging: wilc1000: added support to dynamically add/remove interfaces")
Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
This patch has been initiated by Ajay, and I reworked it a bit/split it.
I could have just fixed the parameters passed to wilc_set_operation_mode,
but I observed that even calling wilc_set_operation_mode seems faulty in
del_virtual_intf: for example the thread in charge of sending commands to
the chip is possibly not running (because interface is not up). Also, the
vif mode is only configured in change_virtual_intf and not in
add_virtual_intf, which tends to validate the removal from
del_virtual_intf.
---
drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
index 2d0474e6404e..f03fd15c0c97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,6 @@ static int del_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev)
cfg80211_unregister_netdevice(vif->ndev);
vif->monitor_flag = 0;
- wilc_set_operation_mode(vif, 0, 0, 0);
mutex_lock(&wl->vif_mutex);
list_del_rcu(&vif->list);
wl->vif_num--;
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2.42.1
