ath9k is not receiving frames in monitor mode after the commit 34d4bc.
The problem is mac80211 sets IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE in __ieee80211_recalc_idle
at ieee80211_do_open. Due to this, ath9k disables the radio.
The above said commit sets SDATA_STATE_RUNNING after __ieee80211_recalc_idle.
IMHO avoiding __ieee80211_recalc_idle in monitor mode looks better
than moving SDATA_STATE_RUNNING set before __ieee80211_recalc_idle.
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanoharan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/iface.c | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index c1cc200..2bec319 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -310,9 +310,11 @@ static int ieee80211_do_open(struct net_device *dev, bool coming_up)
if (sdata->flags & IEEE80211_SDATA_PROMISC)
atomic_inc(&local->iff_promiscs);
- mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
- hw_reconf_flags |= __ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
- mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
+ if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR) {
+ mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
+ hw_reconf_flags |= __ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
+ mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
+ }
if (coming_up)
local->open_count++;
--
1.7.2.3
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