[PATCH 3.16 068/217] mwifiex: fix corner case association failure

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Tue Apr 26 2016 - 20:25:57 EST


3.16.35-rc1 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>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename, context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_pri
dev_err(adapter->dev,
"Attempt to reconnect on csa closed chan(%d)\n",
bss_desc->channel);
+ ret = -1;
goto done;
}