The ip address of the vif can be set even before the vif is up. requiring the vif to be up in the vif notifier makes the notifer ignore this event, which causes wrong arp filter configuration later on. Reported-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/main.c | 3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c index 8022c62..ad8f712 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/main.c +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c @@ -436,9 +436,6 @@ static int ieee80211_ifa_changed(struct notifier_block *nb, sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(ndev); bss_conf = &sdata->vif.bss_conf; - if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata)) - return NOTIFY_DONE; - /* ARP filtering is only supported in managed mode */ if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) return NOTIFY_DONE; -- 1.7.6.401.g6a319 -- 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
