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cfg80211: fix interface combinations check for ADHOC(IBSS)
authorLiang Li <liang.li@windriver.com>
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 22:55:41 +0000 (18:55 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:10:33 +0000 (08:10 -0700)
commit510f1d143b72225df068a31b2b105edaef5f2420
tree2cc6c7531cbd91cb5fa1737ce9a2726590aceee1
parent25320e75fe0296dab5ae37c6b59f18899cd1c310
cfg80211: fix interface combinations check for ADHOC(IBSS)

partial of commit 8e8b41f9d8c8e63fc92f899ace8da91a490ac573 upstream.

As part of commit 463454b5dbd8 ("cfg80211: fix interface
combinations check"), this extra check was introduced:

       if ((all_iftypes & used_iftypes) != used_iftypes)
               goto cont;

However, most wireless NIC drivers did not advertise ADHOC in
wiphy.iface_combinations[i].limits[] and hence we'll get -EBUSY
when we bring up a ADHOC wlan with commands similar to:

 # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc && ifconfig wlan0 up

In commit 8e8b41f9d8c8e ("cfg80211: enforce lack of interface
combinations"), the change below fixes the issue:

       if (total == 1)
               return 0;

But it also introduces other dependencies for stable. For example,
a full cherry pick of 8e8b41f9d8c8e would introduce additional
regressions unless we also start cherry picking driver specific
fixes like the following:

  9b4760e  ath5k: add possible wiphy interface combinations
  1ae2fc2  mac80211_hwsim: advertise interface combinations
  20c8e8d  ath9k: add possible wiphy interface combinations

And the purpose of the 'if (total == 1)' is to cover the specific
use case (IBSS, adhoc) that was mentioned above. So we just pick
the specific part out from 8e8b41f9d8c8e here.

Doing so gives stable kernels a way to fix the change introduced
by 463454b5dbd8, without having to make cherry picks specific to
various NIC drivers.

Signed-off-by: Liang Li <liang.li@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/wireless/util.c