From: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
To: <linville@tuxdriver.com>, <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mac80211: Remove bss information of the current AP when it goes out of range
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:09:49 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1233635989-20664-1-git-send-email-vasanth@atheros.com> (raw)
There is no point having the bss information of currently associated AP
when the AP is detected to be out of range.
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 9d51e27..945c10d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,7 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
struct sta_info *sta;
int disassoc;
+ bool remove_bss = false;
/* TODO: start monitoring current AP signal quality and number of
* missed beacons. Scan other channels every now and then and search
@@ -1067,6 +1068,7 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
"range\n",
sdata->dev->name, ifsta->bssid);
disassoc = 1;
+ remove_bss = true;
} else
ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, ifsta->bssid,
ifsta->ssid,
@@ -1086,12 +1088,24 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
rcu_read_unlock();
- if (disassoc)
+ if (disassoc) {
ieee80211_set_disassoc(sdata, ifsta, true, true,
WLAN_REASON_PREV_AUTH_NOT_VALID);
- else
+ if (remove_bss) {
+ struct ieee80211_bss *bss;
+
+ bss = ieee80211_rx_bss_get(local, ifsta->bssid,
+ local->hw.conf.channel->center_freq,
+ ifsta->ssid, ifsta->ssid_len);
+ if (bss) {
+ atomic_dec(&bss->users);
+ ieee80211_rx_bss_put(local, bss);
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
mod_timer(&ifsta->timer, jiffies +
IEEE80211_MONITORING_INTERVAL);
+ }
}
--
1.5.5.1
next reply other threads:[~2009-02-03 4:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-03 4:39 Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan [this message]
2009-02-03 10:10 ` [PATCH v2] mac80211: Remove bss information of the current AP when it goes out of range Johannes Berg
2009-02-03 10:19 ` Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
2009-02-03 10:24 ` Johannes Berg
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