Without the patch we failed:
janusz@t2:~$ sudo brctl addbr br0
janusz@t2:~$ sudo brctl addif br0 wlp1s0
janusz@t2:~$ sudo iw wlp1s0 set 4addr on
command failed: Device or resource busy (-16)
Last command failed but iface was already in 4addr mode.
Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <[email protected]>
---
net/wireless/util.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c
index 18dba3d7c638..c0c87541326f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/util.c
+++ b/net/wireless/util.c
@@ -1028,14 +1028,14 @@ int cfg80211_change_iface(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
!(rdev->wiphy.interface_modes & (1 << ntype)))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- /* if it's part of a bridge, reject changing type to station/ibss */
- if (netif_is_bridge_port(dev) &&
- (ntype == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
- ntype == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION ||
- ntype == NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT))
- return -EBUSY;
-
if (ntype != otype) {
+ /* if it's part of a bridge, reject changing type to station/ibss */
+ if (netif_is_bridge_port(dev) &&
+ (ntype == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
+ ntype == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION ||
+ ntype == NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
dev->ieee80211_ptr->use_4addr = false;
dev->ieee80211_ptr->mesh_id_up_len = 0;
wdev_lock(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
--
2.25.1