From: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com>
To: <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Look out for some other AP when disassoc is received.
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:48 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081122040148.GA4201@myhost.users.atheros.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1227268340.3766.112.camel@johannes.berg>
From: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:15:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Look out for some other AP when disassoc is received.
When a disassoc packet is received with a reason code of
'AP leaving the BSS', mac80211 should start looking for some
other AP instead of trying to associate with the same AP.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 8 ++++++--
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 90ad5a4..ee15e75 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ static void ieee80211_authenticate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
mod_timer(&ifsta->timer, jiffies + IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT);
}
+/*
+ * The disassoc 'reason' argument can be either our own reason
+ * if self disconnected or a reason code from the AP.
+ */
static void ieee80211_set_disassoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_if_sta *ifsta, bool deauth,
bool self_disconnected, u16 reason)
@@ -854,7 +858,7 @@ static void ieee80211_set_disassoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ieee80211_sta_send_apinfo(sdata, ifsta);
- if (self_disconnected)
+ if (self_disconnected || reason == WLAN_REASON_DISASSOC_STA_HAS_LEFT)
ifsta->state = IEEE80211_STA_MLME_DISABLED;
sta_info_unlink(&sta);
@@ -1175,7 +1179,7 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_disassoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
IEEE80211_RETRY_AUTH_INTERVAL);
}
- ieee80211_set_disassoc(sdata, ifsta, false, false, 0);
+ ieee80211_set_disassoc(sdata, ifsta, false, false, reason_code);
}
--
1.5.6.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-21 14:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-20 0:03 [PATCH] mac80211: Look out for some other AP when disassoc is received Vivek Natarajan
2008-11-19 11:55 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-19 12:33 ` Vivek Natarajan
2008-11-20 13:04 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-21 11:46 ` Vivek Natarajan
2008-11-21 11:52 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-22 4:01 ` Vivek Natarajan [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-11-22 4:13 Vivek Natarajan
2008-11-21 14:44 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-22 6:19 Vivek Natarajan
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