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Re: [PATCH][RESEND] wifi: cfg80211: Do not create BSS entries for unsupported channels

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Chenming Huang <quic_chenhuan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Currently, in cfg80211_parse_ml_elem_sta_data(), when RNR element
> indicates a BSS that operates in a channel that current regulatory
> domain doesn't support, a NULL value is returned by
> ieee80211_get_channel_khz() and assigned to this BSS entry's channel
> field. Later in cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(), the reported
> BSS entry's channel will be wrongly overridden by transmitted BSS's.
> This could result in connection failure that when wpa_supplicant
> tries to select this reported BSS entry while it actually resides in
> an unsupported channel.
>
> Since this channel is not supported, it is reasonable to skip such
> entries instead of reporting wrong information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chenming Huang <quic_chenhuan@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The list of changes from v1 missing. I guess you added the 'wifi:' prefix
but did you change something else?

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