From: Larry Finger Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:11:25 +0000 (-0600) Subject: rtlwifi: rtl8192c: Prevent reconnect attempts if not connected X-Git-Tag: v3.14-rc1~94^2~601^2^2~35 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8fd77aec1a9d6f4328fc0244f21932114e066df3;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git rtlwifi: rtl8192c: Prevent reconnect attempts if not connected This driver has a watchdog timer that attempts to reconnect when beacon frames are not seen for 6 seconds. This patch disables that reconnect whenever the device has never been connected. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Cc: Stable Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c index ff784072fb4..fcf9b621918 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c @@ -1437,7 +1437,8 @@ void rtl_watchdog_wq_callback(void *data) /* if we can't recv beacon for 6s, we should * reconnect this AP */ - if (rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) { + if ((rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) && + !is_zero_ether_addr(rtlpriv->mac80211.bssid)) { RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "AP off, try to reconnect now\n"); rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times = 0;