netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6] SoftMAC : fix ESSID problem

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Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:40:44 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
CC:	jt@....hp.com, "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] SoftMAC : fix ESSID problem

Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 July 2007 00:19:22 Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
>> 	Hi,
>>
>> 	Victor Porton reported that the SoftMAC layer had random
>> problem when setting the ESSID :
>> 		http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8686
>> 	After investigation, it turned out to be worse, the SoftMAC
>> layer is left in an inconsistent state. The fix is pretty trivial.
>>         John : would you mind pushing that to 2.6.23 ?
>>         Thanks...
>>
>>         Jean
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> --- linux/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.j1.c	2007-07-09 13:56:13.000000000 -0700
>> +++ linux/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c	2007-07-09 13:56:41.000000000 -0700
>> @@ -271,8 +271,11 @@ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(struct work_
>>  			 */
>>  			dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: Scanning for networks first.\n");
>>  			ieee80211softmac_notify(mac->dev, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_SCAN_FINISHED, ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_scan, NULL);
>> -			if (ieee80211softmac_start_scan(mac))
>> +			if (ieee80211softmac_start_scan(mac)) {
>>  				dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up?\n");
>> +				mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
>> +				mac->associnfo.associated = 0;
>> +			}
>>  			goto out;
>>  		} else {
>>  			mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
>>
> 
> Acked-by: Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

This patch should also be sent to stable@...nel.org.

Larry
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