This driver has a watchdog timer that attempts to reconnect when beacon frames
are not seen for 6 seconds. This patch disables that reconnect whenever the
device has never been connected.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,8 @@ void rtl_watchdog_wq_callback(void *data
/* if we can't recv beacon for 6s, we should
* reconnect this AP
*/
- if (rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) {
+ if ((rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) &&
+ !is_zero_ether_addr(rtlpriv->mac80211.bssid)) {
RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
"AP off, try to reconnect now\n");
rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times = 0;
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