| From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | [PATCH 3.12 029/133] rtlwifi: rtl8192c: Prevent reconnect attempts if not connected | Date | Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:07:10 -0800 |
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3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
commit 8fd77aec1a9d6f4328fc0244f21932114e066df3 upstream.
This driver has a watchdog timer that attempts to reconnect when beacon frames are not seen for 6 seconds. This patch disables that reconnect whenever the device has never been connected.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
--- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c @@ -1437,7 +1437,8 @@ void rtl_watchdog_wq_callback(void *data /* if we can't recv beacon for 6s, we should * reconnect this AP */ - if (rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) { + if ((rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) && + !is_zero_ether_addr(rtlpriv->mac80211.bssid)) { RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "AP off, try to reconnect now\n"); rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times = 0;
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