@@ -331,6 +331,28 @@ ieee80211_determine_chantype(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ret = 0;
out:
+ /*
+ * When tracking the current AP, don't do any further checks if the
+ * new chandef is identical to the one we're currently using for the
+ * connection. This keeps us from playing ping-pong with regulatory,
+ * without it the following can happen (for example):
+ * - connect to an AP with 80 MHz, world regdom allows 80 MHz
+ * - AP advertises regdom US
+ * - CRDA loads regdom US with 80 MHz prohibited (old database)
+ * - the code below detects an unsupported channel, downgrades, and
+ * we disconnect from the AP in the caller
+ * - disconnect causes CRDA to reload world regdomain and the game
+ * starts anew.
+ * (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70881)
+ *
+ * It seems possible that there are still scenarios with CSA or real
+ * bandwidth changes where a this could happen, but those cases are
+ * less common and wouldn't completely prevent using the AP.
+ */
+ if (tracking &&
+ cfg80211_chandef_identical(chandef, &sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef))
+ return ret;
+
/* don't print the message below for VHT mismatch if VHT is disabled */
if (ret & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT)
vht_chandef = *chandef;
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled mac80211: don't validate unchanged AP bandwidth while tracking to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From 62c6207f7861744dabb30176e87e8fe0d22dfadb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:34:34 +0100 Subject: mac80211: don't validate unchanged AP bandwidth while tracking commit 963a1852fbac4f75a2d938fa2e734ef1e6d4c044 upstream. The MLME code in mac80211 must track whether or not the AP changed bandwidth, but if there's no change while tracking it shouldn't do anything, otherwise regulatory updates can make it impossible to connect to certain APs if the regulatory database doesn't match the information from the AP. See the precise scenario described in the code. This still leaves some possible problems with CSA or if the AP actually changed bandwidth, but those cases are less common and won't completely prevent using it. This fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70881 Reported-and-tested-by: Nate Carlson <kernel@natecarlson.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) -- 1.9.0