From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> When comparing two items by IE, the sort order wasn't stable, which could lead to issues in the rbtree. Make it stable by making a missing IE sort before a present IE. Also sort by length first if it differs and then by contents. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/scan.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/net/wireless/scan.c 2011-11-03 13:48:30.000000000 +0100 +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c 2011-11-04 09:38:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -259,17 +259,20 @@ static int cmp_ies(u8 num, u8 *ies1, siz { const u8 *ie1 = cfg80211_find_ie(num, ies1, len1); const u8 *ie2 = cfg80211_find_ie(num, ies2, len2); - int r; + /* equal if both missing */ if (!ie1 && !ie2) return 0; - if (!ie1 || !ie2) + /* sort missing IE before (left of) present IE */ + if (!ie1) return -1; + if (!ie2) + return 1; - r = memcmp(ie1 + 2, ie2 + 2, min(ie1[1], ie2[1])); - if (r == 0 && ie1[1] != ie2[1]) + /* sort by length first, then by contents */ + if (ie1[1] != ie2[1]) return ie2[1] - ie1[1]; - return r; + return memcmp(ie1 + 2, ie2 + 2, ie1[1]); } static bool is_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *a, -- 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