[PATCH v5 1/7] ath10k: allow empty ssid vdev config

[Michal Kazior]

It doesn't make much sense to reject a valid
firmware configuration combination.

Since SSID isn't known early on it might make
sense to allow driver to start vdev without SSID
and restart it later.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c | 2 --
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c     | 2 --
 2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c
index 467d88c780c7..d4804645f8c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c
@@ -1518,8 +1518,6 @@ ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_gen_vdev_start(struct ath10k *ar,
 	void *ptr;
 	u32 flags = 0;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(arg->ssid && arg->ssid_len == 0))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (WARN_ON(arg->hidden_ssid && !arg->ssid))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (WARN_ON(arg->ssid_len > sizeof(cmd->ssid.ssid)))
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
index 1f47636f204b..3ef41105b95c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
@@ -4248,8 +4248,6 @@ ath10k_wmi_op_gen_vdev_start(struct ath10k *ar,
 	const char *cmdname;
 	u32 flags = 0;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(arg->ssid && arg->ssid_len == 0))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (WARN_ON(arg->hidden_ssid && !arg->ssid))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (WARN_ON(arg->ssid_len > sizeof(cmd->ssid.ssid)))
-- 
2.1.4