[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 69/70] mwifiex: fix corner case association failure

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Tue Apr 12 2016 - 16:56:39 EST


4.2.8-ckt8 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit a6139b6271f9f95377fe3486aed6120c9142779b upstream.

This patch corrects the error case in association path by returning
-1. Earlier "media_connected" used to remain on in this error case
causing failure for further association attempts.

Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: b887664d882ee4 ('mwifiex: channel switch handling for station')
Signed-off-by: Cathy Luo <cluo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ luis: backported to 3.16:
- file rename: drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c ->
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
- adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index d8b7d9c..a03ce04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
"Attempt to reconnect on csa closed chan(%d)\n",
bss_desc->channel);
+ ret = -1;
goto done;
}

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