Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:58732 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751201AbZBKInU (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:43:20 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.108]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:43:20 -0800 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:13:10 +0530 From: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan To: Johannes Berg CC: Vasanth Thiagarajan , "linville@tuxdriver.com" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Free current bss information in few places where we don't need it any more Message-ID: <20090211084310.GE6589@vasanth-laptop> (sfid-20090211_094331_066317_09FE696F) References: <1233752328-6918-1-git-send-email-vasanth@atheros.com> <1234258903.18748.0.camel@johannes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: <1234258903.18748.0.camel@johannes.local> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 03:11:43PM +0530, Johannes Berg wrote: > Just a question: was this needed for correctness somehow, or just to > purge the BSS list a little? This actually stops choosing the AP to which we were connected and received deauth(reason=ap moving out)/probe/auth/assoc timeout. By removing the bss information, scanning is triggered before selecting right AP to join upon connection request by setting ssid. Vasanth