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Subject[PATCH 3.11 045/233] rtlwifi: rtl8192c: Prevent reconnect attempts if not connected
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3.11.10.4 -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: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
index 3333b04..e83d671 100644
--- 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;
--
1.8.3.2


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