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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/link.c b/net/mac80211/link.c
index 685ec66b42..af0321408a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/link.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/link.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int _ieee80211_set_active_links(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ieee80211_teardown_tdls_peers(link);
- ieee80211_link_release_channel(link);
+ __ieee80211_link_release_channel(link, true);
}
list_for_each_entry(sta, &local->sta_list, list) {
@@ -404,9 +404,24 @@ static int _ieee80211_set_active_links(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
link = sdata_dereference(sdata->link[link_id], sdata);
- ret = ieee80211_link_use_channel(link,
- &link->conf->chanreq,
- IEEE80211_CHANCTX_SHARED);
+ /*
+ * This call really should not fail. Unfortunately, it appears
+ * that this may happen occasionally with some drivers. Should
+ * it happen, we are stuck in a bad place as going backwards is
+ * not really feasible.
+ *
+ * So lets just tell link_use_channel that it must not fail to
+ * assign the channel context (from mac80211's perspective) and
+ * assume the driver is going to trigger a recovery flow if it
+ * had a failure.
+ * That really is not great nor guaranteed to work. But at least
+ * the internal mac80211 state remains consistent and there is
+ * a chance that we can recover.
+ */
+ ret = _ieee80211_link_use_channel(link,
+ &link->conf->chanreq,
+ IEEE80211_CHANCTX_SHARED,
+ true);
WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
ieee80211_mgd_set_link_qos_params(link);
@@ -450,10 +465,13 @@ int ieee80211_set_active_links(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 active_links)
if (WARN_ON(!active_links))
return -EINVAL;
+ old_active = sdata->vif.active_links;
+ if (old_active == active_links)
+ return 0;
+
if (!drv_can_activate_links(local, sdata, active_links))
return -EINVAL;
- old_active = sdata->vif.active_links;
if (old_active & active_links) {
/*
* if there's at least one link that stays active across