* [2.6.22.2 review 49/84] softmac: Fix ESSID problem
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@ 2007-08-07 20:47 ` Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2007-08-07 20:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, stable
Cc: Justin Forbes, Zwane Mwaikambo, Theodore Ts'o, Randy Dunlap,
Dave Jones, Chuck Wolber, Chris Wedgwood, Michael Krufky,
Chuck Ebbert, Domenico Andreoli, torvalds, akpm, alan,
linux-wireless, Jean Tourrilhes, Michael Buesch, Larry Finger,
John W. Linville
From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Victor Porton reported that the SoftMAC layer had random problem when setting the ESSID :
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8686 After investigation, it turned out to be
worse, the SoftMAC layer is left in an inconsistent state. The fix is pretty trivial.
Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Acked-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.df>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Acked-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
@@ -271,8 +271,11 @@ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(struct work_
*/
dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: Scanning for networks first.\n");
ieee80211softmac_notify(mac->dev, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_SCAN_FINISHED, ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_scan, NULL);
- if (ieee80211softmac_start_scan(mac))
+ if (ieee80211softmac_start_scan(mac)) {
dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up?\n");
+ mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
+ mac->associnfo.associated = 0;
+ }
goto out;
} else {
mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
--
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