Re: [PATCH 3.7] mac80211: fix remain-on-channel (non-)cancelling

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 00:32 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
> 
> Felix Liao reported that when an interface is set DOWN
> while another interface is executing a ROC, the warning
> in ieee80211_start_next_roc() (about the first item on
> the list having started already) triggers.
> 
> This is because ieee80211_roc_purge() calls it even if
> it never actually changed the list of ROC items. To fix
> this, simply remove the function call. If it is needed
> then it will be done by the ieee80211_sw_roc_work()
> function when the ROC item that is being removed while
> active is cleaned up.

I should mention that the only effect of the patch is removing the
warning, other than that the code behaves the same before and after the
patch.

johannes