From patchwork Mon Jul 21 21:21:32 2014 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Kamal Mostafa X-Patchwork-Id: 372225 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from huckleberry.canonical.com (huckleberry.canonical.com [91.189.94.19]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48665140143; Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:22:53 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=huckleberry.canonical.com) by huckleberry.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1X9L2o-000110-SX; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:22:50 +0000 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]) by huckleberry.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1X9L1b-0000Lw-2b for kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:21:35 +0000 Received: from c-67-160-228-185.hsd1.ca.comcast.net ([67.160.228.185] helo=fourier) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9L1a-0007I4-NO; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:21:34 +0000 Received: from kamal by fourier with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1X9L1Y-0000Ct-R5; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:21:32 -0700 From: Kamal Mostafa To: =?UTF-8?q?Krzysztof=20Ha=C5=82asa?= Subject: [3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "mac80211: fix IBSS join by initializing last_scan_completed" has been added to staging queue Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:21:32 -0700 Message-Id: <1405977692-763-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 X-Extended-Stable: 3.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: Kamal Mostafa , kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com X-BeenThere: kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Kernel team discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: kernel-team-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com Sender: kernel-team-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled mac80211: fix IBSS join by initializing last_scan_completed to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.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-3.8.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.27. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From 59a955e6b1eecf54be2fa8ae57dc912e02c7600f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Krzysztof=20Ha=C5=82asa?= Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 14:14:46 +0200 Subject: mac80211: fix IBSS join by initializing last_scan_completed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit commit c7d37a66e345df2fdf1aa7b2c9a6d3d53846ca5b upstream. Without this fix, freshly rebooted Linux creates a new IBSS instead of joining an existing one. Only when jiffies counter overflows after 5 minutes the IBSS can be successfully joined. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Hałasa [edit commit message slightly] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- net/mac80211/ibss.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) -- 1.9.1 diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c index 217064a..808628a 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c +++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c @@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ int ieee80211_ibss_join(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, sdata->u.ibss.privacy = params->privacy; sdata->u.ibss.control_port = params->control_port; sdata->u.ibss.basic_rates = params->basic_rates; + sdata->u.ibss.last_scan_completed = jiffies; memcpy(sdata->vif.bss_conf.mcast_rate, params->mcast_rate, sizeof(params->mcast_rate));