Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It looks like some programs (e.g., NM) are setting an empty SSID with > SIOCSIWESSID in some cases. This seems to trigger mac80211 to try to > associate with an invalid configuration (wildcard SSID) which will > result in failing associations (or odd issues, potentially including > kernel panic with some drivers) if the AP were to actually accept this > anyway). > > Only start association process if the SSID is actually set. This > speeds up connection with NM in number of cases and avoids sending out > broken association request frames. > > Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, I think I have an internal bug report about a similar issue and I hope this fixes that as well. But I need to investigate to be sure. > v2: Allow disassociation in ssid_len=0 case and only avoid starting a > new association. This function is difficult to understand and for now, I > just want to fix the critical issue here. Eventually, this code should > be redesigned or at least commented clearly. Like we have talked earlier in this list, mlme.c requires a rewrite. -- Kalle Valo -- 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
