From: Felix Fietkau Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:26:34 +0000 (+0200) Subject: mac80211: fix handling of 4-address-mode in ieee80211_change_iface X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f7917af92024d43bc20bc1afc92de27b0bd0f50b;p=linux-beck.git mac80211: fix handling of 4-address-mode in ieee80211_change_iface A misplaced interface type check bails out too early if the interface is not in monitor mode. This patch moves it to the right place, so that it only covers changes to the monitor flags. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c index f97dda735cbb..592f07d2ae5c 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c @@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ static int ieee80211_change_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, params->mesh_id_len, params->mesh_id); - if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR || !flags) - return 0; - if (type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN && params && params->use_4addr == 0) rcu_assign_pointer(sdata->u.vlan.sta, NULL); @@ -106,7 +103,9 @@ static int ieee80211_change_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, params && params->use_4addr >= 0) sdata->u.mgd.use_4addr = params->use_4addr; - sdata->u.mntr_flags = *flags; + if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR && flags) + sdata->u.mntr_flags = *flags; + return 0; }