2012-08-22 08:52:39

by Sujith Manoharan

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix AP mode regression

Commit mac80211: avoid using synchronize_rcu in ieee80211_set_probe_resp
changed the return value when the probe response template is not present.
Revert to the earlier value of 1 - this fixes AP mode for drivers like
ath9k.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 69b322f..929f897 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static int ieee80211_set_probe_resp(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct probe_resp *new, *old;

if (!resp || !resp_len)
- return -EINVAL;
+ return 1;

old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp);

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1.7.12