At times, null frame gets transmitted and acked before mac80211
gets to increment probe_send_count. This leads to a situation
where mac80211 waits for ack to null frame, but no ack comes
causing unnecessary disconnection.
Signed-off-by: Soumik Das <soumik.das@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index dbd4bd9..a1213e4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
* anymore. The timeout will be reset if the frame is ACKed by
* the AP.
*/
+ ifmgd->probe_send_count++;
if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) {
ifmgd->nullfunc_failed = false;
ieee80211_send_nullfunc(sdata->local, sdata, 0);
@@ -1538,7 +1539,6 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
0, (u32) -1, true, false);
}
- ifmgd->probe_send_count++;
ifmgd->probe_timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(probe_wait_ms);
run_again(ifmgd, ifmgd->probe_timeout);
if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS)
--
1.7.5.4
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