[PATCH] wcn36xx: Indicate beacon not connection loss on MISSED_BEACON_IND

Bryan O'Donoghue bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org
Wed Oct 27 16:25:29 PDT 2021


Firmware can trigger a missed beacon indication, this is not the same as a
lost signal.

Flag to Linux the missed beacon and let the WiFi stack decide for itself if
the link is up or down by sending its own probe to determine this.

We should only be signalling the link is lost when the firmware indicates

Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ("wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680 hardware")
Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index 599cb220b150e..aee4123035d71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_missed_beacon_ind(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
 			wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "beacon missed bss_index %d\n",
 				    tmp->bss_index);
 			vif = wcn36xx_priv_to_vif(tmp);
-			ieee80211_connection_loss(vif);
+			ieee80211_beacon_loss(vif);
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_missed_beacon_ind(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
 			wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "beacon missed bss_index %d\n",
 				    rsp->bss_index);
 			vif = wcn36xx_priv_to_vif(tmp);
-			ieee80211_connection_loss(vif);
+			ieee80211_beacon_loss(vif);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.33.0




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