[PATCH 3.12 077/212] rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Dec 02 2013 - 15:09:23 EST


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

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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit b4ade797668e33b4e8353c2701ce01d7084dfafa upstream.

The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the
signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As
a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans
return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam.

This patch fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63881.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ bool rtl92se_rx_query_desc(struct ieee80
}

/*rx_status->qual = stats->signal; */
- rx_status->signal = stats->rssi + 10;
+ rx_status->signal = stats->recvsignalpower + 10;
/*rx_status->noise = -stats->noise; */

return true;


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