linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 202/218] mac80211: fix ibss scan parameters

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Message-Id: <1459455431-12687-203-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:16:55 -0700
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>,
	Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 202/218] mac80211: fix ibss scan parameters

4.2.8-ckt7 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>

commit d321cd014e51baab475efbdec468255b9e0ec822 upstream.

When joining IBSS a full scan should be initiated in order to search
for existing cell, unless the fixed_channel parameter was set.
A default channel to create the IBSS on if no cell was found is
provided as well.
However - a scan is initiated only on the default channel provided
regardless of whether ifibss->fixed_channel is set or not, with the
obvious result of the cell not joining existing IBSS cell that is
on another channel.

Fixes: 76bed0f43b27 ("mac80211: IBSS fix scan request")
Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 net/mac80211/ibss.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index 20fa58e..f45c4f8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * Copyright 2007, Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
  * Copyright 2009, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
  * Copyright 2013-2014  Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
+ * Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Deutschland GmbH
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -1482,14 +1483,21 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_find_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 
 		sdata_info(sdata, "Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join\n");
 
-		num = ieee80211_ibss_setup_scan_channels(local->hw.wiphy,
-							 &ifibss->chandef,
-							 channels,
-							 ARRAY_SIZE(channels));
 		scan_width = cfg80211_chandef_to_scan_width(&ifibss->chandef);
-		ieee80211_request_ibss_scan(sdata, ifibss->ssid,
-					    ifibss->ssid_len, channels, num,
-					    scan_width);
+
+		if (ifibss->fixed_channel) {
+			num = ieee80211_ibss_setup_scan_channels(local->hw.wiphy,
+								 &ifibss->chandef,
+								 channels,
+								 ARRAY_SIZE(channels));
+			ieee80211_request_ibss_scan(sdata, ifibss->ssid,
+						    ifibss->ssid_len, channels,
+						    num, scan_width);
+		} else {
+			ieee80211_request_ibss_scan(sdata, ifibss->ssid,
+						    ifibss->ssid_len, NULL,
+						    0, scan_width);
+		}
 	} else {
 		int interval = IEEE80211_SCAN_INTERVAL;
 
-- 
2.7.4