This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
wcn36xx: Indicate beacon not connection loss on MISSED_BEACON_IND
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
wcn36xx-indicate-beacon-not-connection-loss-on-misse.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 2ed34ad5451c45c67a418ad5bf503216c32f0d0f
Author: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Oct 28 00:25:29 2021 +0100
wcn36xx: Indicate beacon not connection loss on MISSED_BEACON_IND
[ Upstream commit 588b45c88ae130fe373a8c50edaf54735c3f4fe3 ]
Firmware can trigger a missed beacon indication, this is not the same as a
lost signal.
Flag to Linux the missed beacon and let the WiFi stack decide for itself if
the link is up or down by sending its own probe to determine this.
We should only be signalling the link is lost when the firmware indicates
Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ("wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680 hardware")
Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211027232529.657764-1-bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index ad312e17f7a3c..7f00cb6f5e16b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -2607,7 +2607,7 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_missed_beacon_ind(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "beacon missed bss_index %d\n",
tmp->bss_index);
vif = wcn36xx_priv_to_vif(tmp);
- ieee80211_connection_loss(vif);
+ ieee80211_beacon_loss(vif);
}
return 0;
}
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_missed_beacon_ind(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "beacon missed bss_index %d\n",
rsp->bss_index);
vif = wcn36xx_priv_to_vif(tmp);
- ieee80211_connection_loss(vif);
+ ieee80211_beacon_loss(vif);
return 0;
}
}
