wpa_supplicant: It takes ~10 seconds to connect to a Hidden profile (scan_ssid=1)

[Hahn, Maital]

Hello,



I found an issue in the following scenario:

I have one hidden profile (scan_ssid=1) defined in my conf file.

The supplicant performs Normal Scan before performing Sched Scan.

In the Normal Scan, it first scans for wildcard SSID, waits for 5 seconds, and then scans the profile's SSID.

So the connection to the profile takes ~10 seconds. This is a bad user experience.



Suggested solution:

In the Normal Scan, switch the order of the scans. Start with the profile's SSID and after 5 seconds scan for wildcard SSID.

This can be achieved by the following patch:



diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index 93f1625..e303300

--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c

+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c

@@ -3295,7 +3295,7 @@ int wpa_supplicant_driver_init(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)

        wpa_drv_flush_pmkid(wpa_s);



        wpa_s->prev_scan_ssid = WILDCARD_SSID_SCAN;

-       wpa_s->prev_scan_wildcard = 0;

+       wpa_s->prev_scan_wildcard = 1;



        if (wpa_supplicant_enabled_networks(wpa_s)) {

                if (wpa_s->wpa_state == WPA_INTERFACE_DISABLED) {





Please let me know if this is acceptable.





Thanks,

Maital

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