[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 69/70] mwifiex: fix corner case association failure

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



4.2.8-ckt8 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit a6139b6271f9f95377fe3486aed6120c9142779b upstream.

This patch corrects the error case in association path by returning
-1. Earlier "media_connected" used to remain on in this error case
causing failure for further association attempts.

Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: b887664d882ee4 ('mwifiex: channel switch handling for station')
Signed-off-by: Cathy Luo <cluo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ luis: backported to 3.16:
  - file rename: drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c ->
    drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
  - adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index d8b7d9c..a03ce04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
 			mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
 				    "Attempt to reconnect on csa closed chan(%d)\n",
 				    bss_desc->channel);
+			ret = -1;
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-- 
2.7.4

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Kernel Development Newbies]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]