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Re: [PATCH 2.6.31 v2] mac80211: fix wext bssid/ssid setting

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On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 18:13 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> When changing to a new BSSID or SSID, the code in
> ieee80211_set_disassoc() needs to have the old data
> still valid to be able to disconnect and clean up
> properly. Currently, however, the old data is thrown
> away before ieee80211_set_disassoc() is ever called,
> so fix that by calling the function _before_ the old
> data is overwritten.
> 
> This is (one of) the issue(s) causing mac80211 to hold
> cfg80211's BSS structs forever, and them thus being
> returned in scan results after they're long gone.

Also fixes
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2015

johannes

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