[lts-backport-quantal,lts-backport-raring,SRU,1/1] rtlwifi: Remove setting of link_state to MAC80211_LINKED

From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289429

Fix from Larry Finger for a problem that shows up between 3.8.0-36 and 3.8.0-37.   There is no real understanding as to why this line of code does not cause any problems with later kernel versions, but it does here. In addition, we have not had any reports of problems with other users. That suggests some kind of bad interaction with the user-space network control components in 12.04.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

On 05/14/2014 07:49 AM, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> 
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289429
> 
> Fix from Larry Finger for a problem that shows up between 3.8.0-36 and 3.8.0-37.   There is no real understanding as to why this line of code does not cause any problems with later kernel versions, but it does here. In addition, we have not had any reports of problems with other users. That suggests some kind of bad interaction with the user-space network control components in 12.04.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
> index 1eb562a..77e4a58 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
> @@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ static int rtl_op_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  					rtlpriv->cfg->maps
>  					[RTL_IBSS_INT_MASKS]);
>  		}
> -		mac->link_state = MAC80211_LINKED;
>  		break;
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
>  		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_MAC80211, DBG_LOUD,
>

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:49:17AM -0400, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> 
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289429
> 
> Fix from Larry Finger for a problem that shows up between 3.8.0-36 and 3.8.0-37.   There is no real understanding as to why this line of code does not cause any problems with later kernel versions, but it does here. In addition, we have not had any reports of problems with other users. That suggests some kind of bad interaction with the user-space network control components in 12.04.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
> index 1eb562a..77e4a58 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
> @@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ static int rtl_op_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  					rtlpriv->cfg->maps
>  					[RTL_IBSS_INT_MASKS]);
>  		}
> -		mac->link_state = MAC80211_LINKED;
>  		break;
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
>  		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_MAC80211, DBG_LOUD,
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
> 
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