Revert "ath10k: add sanity check to ie_len before parsing fw/board ie"

[Kalle Valo]

Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org> wrote:

> This reverts commit 9ed4f91628737c820af6a1815b65bc06bd31518f.
> 
> The commit introduced a regression that over read the ie with
> the padding.
> 
> - the expected IE information
> 
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: found firmware features ie (1 B)
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 6
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 7
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: features
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: 00000000: c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 
> - the wrong IE with padding is read (0x77)
> 
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: found firmware features ie (4 B)
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 6
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 7
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 8
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 9
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 10
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 12
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 13
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 14
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 16
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 17
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Enabling feature bit: 18
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: features
> ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: 00000000: c0 77 07 00 00 00 00 00
> 
> Tested-by: Mike Lothian <mike at fireburn.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Hsu <ryanhsu at codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-current branch of ath.git, thanks.

9ce8b24aa96e Revert "ath10k: add sanity check to ie_len before parsing fw/board ie"

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