[PATCH 3.5 44/90] rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP

[Luis Henriques]

3.5.7.27 -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>
[ luis: backported to 3.5: adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c
index 812b585..4e4bb57 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c
@@ -583,8 +583,7 @@ bool rtl92se_rx_query_desc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct rtl_stats *stats,
 	}
 
 	/*rx_status->qual = stats->signal; */
-	rx_status->signal = stats->rssi + 10;
-	/*rx_status->noise = -stats->noise; */
+	rx_status->signal = stats->recvsignalpower + 10;
 
 	return true;
 }
-- 
1.8.3.2

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