From ac49e1a8969eeb819c4fc2eced9ee9ef9f35a4a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Pedersen Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:50:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: allow self-protected frame tx without sta Useful for userspace mesh to authenticate and peer without a station entry, since both steps may fail anyway. Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/cfg.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c index 93120de776f0..8184d121ff09 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c @@ -2827,7 +2827,8 @@ static int ieee80211_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, !rcu_access_pointer(sdata->bss->beacon)) need_offchan = true; if (!ieee80211_is_action(mgmt->frame_control) || - mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC) + mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC || + mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_SELF_PROTECTED) break; rcu_read_lock(); sta = sta_info_get(sdata, mgmt->da); -- 2.39.5