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authorSoumik Das <soumik.das@stericsson.com>2012-05-20 15:31:13 +0530
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-05-25 11:16:16 -0400
commit992e68bf2eb9f3319f098560b8d4a03aa52fd7b8 (patch)
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mac80211: Fix race in checking AP status by sending null frame
mac80211 tries to verify the existence of the current AP by probing or sending a NULL frame in function ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send. It 1st sends a null frame to the AP, increments probe_send_count and waits for the ACK to the NULL frame for a finite duration of time. At times, it happens that by the time mac80211 gets to increment probe_send_count, the ACK for the NULL frame transmitted has already been processed. This leads to a race condition where mac80211 times out waiting for the ACK for the NULL frame causing unnecessary disconnection with the AP. Signed-off-by: Soumik Das <soumik.das@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/mlme.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index b3b3c264ff66..04c306308987 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1522,6 +1522,8 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
* anymore. The timeout will be reset if the frame is ACKed by
* the AP.
*/
+ ifmgd->probe_send_count++;
+
if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) {
ifmgd->nullfunc_failed = false;
ieee80211_send_nullfunc(sdata->local, sdata, 0);
@@ -1538,7 +1540,6 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
0, (u32) -1, true, false);
}
- ifmgd->probe_send_count++;
ifmgd->probe_timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(probe_wait_ms);
run_again(ifmgd, ifmgd->probe_timeout);
if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS)