It is expected that config interface will always succeed as mac80211 will only request what driver supports. The exception here is when a device has rfkill enabled. At this time the rfkill state is unknown to mac80211 and config interface can fail. When this happens we deal with this error instead of printing a WARN. Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/util.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c index 52ef8d4..0ee74e8 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/util.c +++ b/net/mac80211/util.c @@ -1047,8 +1047,19 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local) case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC: case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP: case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT: - WARN_ON(ieee80211_if_config(sdata, changed)); - ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, ~0); + /* + * Driver's config_interface can fail if rfkill is + * enabled. Accommodate this return code. + * FIXME: When mac80211 has knowledge of rfkill + * state the code below can change back to: + * WARN(ieee80211_if_config(sdata, changed)); + * ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, ~0); + */ + if (ieee80211_if_config(sdata, changed)) + printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: failed to reconfigure interface\n", + sdata->dev->name); + else + ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, ~0); break; case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS: break; -- 1.5.6.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
