mac80211: Cancel pending probereq poll on beacon RX

While the probe request poll is expected to work, it looks like it
does not always result in getting a response. The exact reason for
this is unclear, but anyway, if we do receive a Beacon frame from our
AP, there is no need to disconnect based on the probereq poll. This
seems to help keep the connection bit more stable in cases where
beacon loss is occurring semi-frequently.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index a1944b8..47bc303 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1824,6 +1824,16 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
            memcmp(ifmgd->bssid, mgmt->bssid, ETH_ALEN) != 0)
                return;
 
+       if (ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_PROBEREQ_POLL) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
+               if (net_ratelimit()) {
+                       printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: cancelling probereq poll due "
+                              "to a received beacon\n", sdata->dev->name);
+               }
+#endif
+               ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_PROBEREQ_POLL;
+       }
+
        ncrc = crc32_be(0, (void *)&mgmt->u.beacon.beacon_int, 4);
        ncrc = ieee802_11_parse_elems_crc(mgmt->u.beacon.variable,
                                          len - baselen, &elems,