Re: [RFC] WARNING: at net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.h:159 rate_lowest_index()

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

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> because sdata->u.sta.supp_rates_bits is set only when we actually
> join an ibss, which is not the case in this scenario; so we assign
> zero here. Then, the code in rate_control_pid_rate_init() calls
> rate_lowest_index() for some reason, and since no supported rate is
> found, this warning is issued.
> 
> 
> The question is how sta->supp_rates should be initialized:
> 
> - we could initialize it to our sta's rates, but then we could
>   probably transmit to a station at unsupported rate
> 
> - add new ibss station only on received beacon, not on a data frame;
>   currently, beacons are ignored for this purpose (they just update
>   the bss list later on)
> 
> - something else (like 1Mbps only)?
> 
> As soon as we do sta_join_ibss(), this warning won't happen again.
> 
> 
> Note that once we have sta entry (in our ibss), we will update its
> supported rates based on beacons it sends (in rx_bss_info()).
> 
> Any thoughts?

I don't know. I don't use IBSS nor am I intimately familiar with the
specs for it.

johannes

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