From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753682Ab3LBTNo (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:13:44 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:38646 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754068Ab3LBTNZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:13:25 -0500 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Larry Finger , "John W. Linville" Subject: [PATCH 3.10 063/173] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:10:46 -0800 Message-Id: <20131202191149.793680807@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.4.3.gca3854a In-Reply-To: <20131202191142.873808297@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20131202191142.873808297@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-8.1.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Larry Finger commit 78dbfecb95be4635b995af3bd29fa10013409fcd upstream. The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ bool rtl92cu_rx_query_desc(struct ieee80 p_drvinfo); } /*rx_status->qual = stats->signal; */ - rx_status->signal = stats->rssi + 10; + rx_status->signal = stats->recvsignalpower + 10; /*rx_status->noise = -stats->noise; */ return true; }