linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: changes stop ap mode to use reset function

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Date:	Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:51:38 -0500
From:	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
To:	Matthew Emerson <emersonmde@...il.com>
Cc:	Larry.Finger@...inger.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: changes stop ap mode to use reset function

Matthew Emerson <emersonmde@...il.com> writes:
> Changes stop_ap_mode23a() to use rtw_reset_securitypriv23a. This makes
> the code cleaner and fixes two checkpatch.pl errors, one line over 80
> characters, and one spacing issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Emerson <emersonmde@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c
> index e394d12c36b0..510ee212496f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c
> @@ -1870,10 +1870,8 @@ void stop_ap_mode23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
>  	pmlmepriv->update_bcn = false;
>  	pmlmeext->bstart_bss = false;
>  
> -	/* reset and init security priv , this can refine with rtw_reset_securitypriv23a */
> -	memset((unsigned char *)&padapter->securitypriv, 0, sizeof (struct security_priv));
> -	padapter->securitypriv.ndisauthtype = Ndis802_11AuthModeOpen;
> -	padapter->securitypriv.ndisencryptstatus = Ndis802_11WEPDisabled;
> +	/* reset and init security priv */
> +	rtw_reset_securitypriv23a(padapter);

This is broken, rtw_reset_securitypriv23a() takes different actions
based on the value of adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm - you leave
it at it's old value, which does not have the same effect as the above.

If anything you should remove the memset() and call
rtw_reset_securitypriv23a() after the two assignments.

NACK

Jes
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