Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: Change beacon filter enablement condition

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On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:21:40AM +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> From: Alexander Bondar <alexander.bondar@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> commit c63722cfd441bd3a99c65fa4c40bc65d7776e772 upstream
> 
> Enable beacon filter only if at least one beacon from candidate
> AP is received before or after association. Check this condition before
> enabling BF upon secured association completion. Add BF enablement to
> mac80211 event that indicates beacon is received after association.
> Too early beacon filtering enablement can lead to disconnection due to
> missing AP's beacon after association.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Bondar <alexander.bondar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
> index 9a856e5..b56d5f2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
> @@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ static void iwl_mvm_bss_info_changed_station(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
>  		 */
>  		iwl_mvm_remove_time_event(mvm, mvmvif,
>  					  &mvmvif->time_event_data);
> +		WARN_ON(iwl_mvm_enable_beacon_filter(mvm, vif, CMD_SYNC));
>  	} else if (changes & (BSS_CHANGED_PS | BSS_CHANGED_P2P_PS |
>  			      BSS_CHANGED_QOS)) {
>  		ret = iwl_mvm_power_update_mode(mvm, vif);
> @@ -1304,7 +1305,9 @@ static int iwl_mvm_mac_sta_state(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  	} else if (old_state == IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC &&
>  		   new_state == IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED) {
>  		/* enable beacon filtering */
> -		WARN_ON(iwl_mvm_enable_beacon_filter(mvm, vif));
> +		if (vif->bss_conf.dtim_period)
> +			WARN_ON(iwl_mvm_enable_beacon_filter(mvm, vif,
> +							     CMD_SYNC));
>  		ret = 0;
>  	} else if (old_state == IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED &&
>  		   new_state == IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC) {

This breaks the build on 3.14, so despite sending out the email that
said I applied it, I had to revert it.  Please test-build your
patches before sending them...

thanks,

greg k-h
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