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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
To: Soumik DAS <soumik.das@stericsson.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Increment probe_send_count earlier
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Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:11:21 +0300
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	(Soumik DAS's message of "Thu, 10 May 2012 07:46:40 +0200")
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Hi Soumik,

Soumik DAS <soumik.das@stericsson.com> writes:

> At times, null frame gets transmitted and acked before mac80211
> gets to increment probe_send_count. This leads to a situation
> where mac80211 waits for ack to null frame, but no ack comes
> causing unnecessary disconnection.

Can explain a bit more about the scenario when this happens, please?
It's not clear for me from the patch.

-- 
Kalle Valo