When the driver does not want a monitor mode VIF, no channel context is
allocated for it. This causes ieee80211_recalc_idle to put the hardware
into idle mode if only a monitor mode is active, breaking injection.
Fix this by checking local->monitors in addition to active channel
contexts.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/iface.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 2c059e5..640afab 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void ieee80211_recalc_idle(struct ieee80211_local *local)
lockdep_assert_held(&local->mtx);
- active = !list_empty(&local->chanctx_list);
+ active = !list_empty(&local->chanctx_list) || local->monitors;
if (!local->ops->remain_on_channel) {
list_for_each_entry(roc, &local->roc_list, list) {
--
1.8.0.2
On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 18:40 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> When the driver does not want a monitor mode VIF, no channel context is
> allocated for it. This causes ieee80211_recalc_idle to put the hardware
> into idle mode if only a monitor mode is active, breaking injection.
>
> Fix this by checking local->monitors in addition to active channel
> contexts.
Applied.
johannes