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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: split IBSS/managed code

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On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 21:36 +0100, Alina Friedrichsen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this patch is broken.
> 
> * In IBSS beaconing doesn't work.

Odd, I'm sure that worked for me. What hw are you using?

> * If you create a new IBSS network it
>   scans for other networks to often
>   3 times a second.
> 
> [  844.752425] wlan0: sta_find_ibss (active_ibss=0)
> [  844.752435]    did not try to join ibss
> [  844.752449] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
> [  846.032344] wlan0: sta_find_ibss (active_ibss=0)
> [  846.032356]    did not try to join ibss
> [  846.051622] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
> [  847.214000] wlan0: sta_find_ibss (active_ibss=0)
> [  847.214009]    did not try to join ibss
> [  847.214025] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)

That might've happened here too, but given that I never used ibss
usually I didn't realise it was wrong ;)

> * If you join an existent IBSS it does
>   the following strange things:
> 
> [ 5238.150840] wlan5: expiring inactive STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.150847] phy0: Removed STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.161306] phy0: Destroyed STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.161316] wlan5: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
> [ 5238.223183] phy0: Adding new IBSS station ffff8800bb81a04a (dev=wlan5)
> [ 5238.223205] phy0: Allocated STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.223213] phy0: Inserted STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.855114] wlan5: sta_find_ibss (active_ibss=0)
> [ 5238.855147]    sta_find_ibss: selected ffff88009942f040 current ffff8800bc0219f0
> [ 5238.855150]    did not try to join ibss
> [ 5238.867113] wlan5: expiring inactive STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.867122] phy0: Removed STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.880673] phy0: Destroyed STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.880684] wlan5: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
> [ 5238.943194] phy0: Adding new IBSS station ffff8800bb83a04a (dev=wlan5)
> [ 5238.943218] phy0: Allocated STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5238.943226] phy0: Inserted STA ffff8800bb800340
> [ 5239.572256] wlan5: sta_find_ibss (active_ibss=0)
> [ 5239.572282]    sta_find_ibss: selected ffff880099539640 current ffff8800bc0219f0
> [ 5239.572285]    did not try to join ibss

That does look a little strange, even if you disregard the fact that
you're using compat without %pM :)

I'll take a look at it and fix it up.

johannes

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