linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.12] cfg80211: fix ibss wext chandef creation

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Date:	Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:46:04 +0200
From:	Dirk Gouders <dirk@...ders.net>
To:	Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathias Kretschmer <mathias.kretschmer@...us.fraunhofer.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.12] cfg80211: fix ibss wext chandef creation

Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de> writes:

> The wext internal chandefs for ibss should be created using the
> cfg80211_chandef_create() functions. Otherwise the center_freq1 field
> will not be set and cfg80211_chandef_valid() will spit a warning and
> report the chandef as invalid when it should be used.

Thanks a lot, Simon, I don't see anymore traces here.

Tested-by: Dirk Gouders <dirk@...ders.net>

> Reported-by: Dirk Gouders <dirk@...ders.net>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> ---
>  net/wireless/ibss.c |   15 +++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/wireless/ibss.c b/net/wireless/ibss.c
> index 39bff7d..a710019 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/ibss.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/ibss.c
> @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ int cfg80211_ibss_wext_join(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
>  
>  	/* try to find an IBSS channel if none requested ... */
>  	if (!wdev->wext.ibss.chandef.chan) {
> -		wdev->wext.ibss.chandef.width = NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT;
> +		struct ieee80211_channel *new_chan = NULL;
>  
>  		for (band = 0; band < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; band++) {
>  			struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
> @@ -262,16 +262,19 @@ int cfg80211_ibss_wext_join(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
>  					continue;
>  				if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)
>  					continue;
> -				wdev->wext.ibss.chandef.chan = chan;
> +				new_chan = chan;
>  				break;
>  			}
>  
> -			if (wdev->wext.ibss.chandef.chan)
> +			if (new_chan)
>  				break;
>  		}
>  
> -		if (!wdev->wext.ibss.chandef.chan)
> +		if (!new_chan)
>  			return -EINVAL;
> +
> +		cfg80211_chandef_create(&wdev->wext.ibss.chandef, new_chan,
> +					NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT);
>  	}
>  
>  	/* don't join -- SSID is not there */
> @@ -345,8 +348,8 @@ int cfg80211_ibss_wext_siwfreq(struct net_device *dev,
>  		return err;
>  
>  	if (chan) {
> -		wdev->wext.ibss.chandef.chan = chan;
> -		wdev->wext.ibss.chandef.width = NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT;
> +		cfg80211_chandef_create(&wdev->wext.ibss.chandef, chan,
> +					NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT);
>  		wdev->wext.ibss.channel_fixed = true;
>  	} else {
>  		/* cfg80211_ibss_wext_join will pick one if needed */
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