mwifiex: skip registering mgmt frame that has already registered
authorStone Piao <piaoyun@marvell.com>
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:17:44 +0000 (19:17 -0700)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:02:06 +0000 (11:02 -0400)
Before sending command to firmware, we need to check the frame type.
We skip registering the mgmt frame that has already been registered.

Signed-off-by: Stone Piao <piaoyun@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c

index d824feea39ec4a2043b8b9954422763667d5682d..dbdd3b2a5eb5636634ae773242df1df5df0f9e70 100644 (file)
@@ -240,16 +240,20 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_mgmt_frame_register(struct wiphy *wiphy,
                                     u16 frame_type, bool reg)
 {
        struct mwifiex_private *priv = mwifiex_netdev_get_priv(wdev->netdev);
+       u32 mask;
 
        if (reg)
-               priv->mgmt_frame_mask |= BIT(frame_type >> 4);
+               mask = priv->mgmt_frame_mask | BIT(frame_type >> 4);
        else
-               priv->mgmt_frame_mask &= ~BIT(frame_type >> 4);
+               mask = priv->mgmt_frame_mask & ~BIT(frame_type >> 4);
 
-       mwifiex_send_cmd_async(priv, HostCmd_CMD_MGMT_FRAME_REG,
-                              HostCmd_ACT_GEN_SET, 0, &priv->mgmt_frame_mask);
-
-       wiphy_dbg(wiphy, "info: mgmt frame registered\n");
+       if (mask != priv->mgmt_frame_mask) {
+               priv->mgmt_frame_mask = mask;
+               mwifiex_send_cmd_async(priv, HostCmd_CMD_MGMT_FRAME_REG,
+                                      HostCmd_ACT_GEN_SET, 0,
+                                      &priv->mgmt_frame_mask);
+               wiphy_dbg(wiphy, "info: mgmt frame registered\n");
+       }
 }
 
 /*