[PATCH] nl80211: Add MLME assoc work-around for -EEXIST errno
greearb at candelatech.com
greearb at candelatech.com
Tue Mar 6 12:55:45 PST 2018
From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
The 4.9 kernel, at least, can return EEXIST when trying to add
a station that already exists.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
---
src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 373f745..1fe0a5c 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -3294,7 +3294,8 @@ retry:
wpa_dbg(drv->ctx, MSG_INFO,
"nl80211: MLME command failed (auth): count=%d ret=%d (%s)",
count, ret, strerror(-ret));
- if (ret == -EALREADY && count == 1 && params->bssid &&
+ if (((ret == -EALREADY) || (ret == -EEXIST))
+ && count == 1 && params->bssid &&
!params->local_state_change) {
/* Nov 9, 2017: Re-enable this...user saw endless loop of
* hitting this case. Maybe the original reason I put this hack
--
2.7.5
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