[PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 55/56] mwifiex: fix corner case association failure

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3.19.8-ckt19 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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 1626868..860640f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
 			dev_err(adapter->dev,
 				"Attempt to reconnect on csa closed chan(%d)\n",
 				bss_desc->channel);
+			ret = -1;
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-- 
2.7.4

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