mac80211: ignore VHT membership selector when parsing rates
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Mon, 6 Mar 2017 21:59:04 +0000 (22:59 +0100)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Tue, 7 Mar 2017 08:41:59 +0000 (09:41 +0100)
There isn't really much harm in not ignoring, since it doesn't
represent a valid rate, but since we already ignore the HT one
also ignore VHT. Also simplify the code a bit.

Fix a typo in the related comment (pointed out by Arend) while
at it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
net/mac80211/mlme.c

index 1568a74757bcb0ee15d48a764aa563ca86f2a790..4b4d29edec09d8cf94f70647e9a1e38d8dc76243 100644 (file)
@@ -2823,15 +2823,15 @@ static void ieee80211_get_rates(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
                        *have_higher_than_11mbit = true;
 
                /*
-                * BSS_MEMBERSHIP_SELECTOR_HT_PHY is defined in 802.11n-2009
-                * 7.3.2.2 as a magic value instead of a rate. Hence, skip it.
+                * Skip HT and VHT BSS membership selectors since they're not
+                * rates.
                 *
-                * Note: Even through the membership selector and the basic
+                * Note: Even though the membership selector and the basic
                 *       rate flag share the same bit, they are not exactly
                 *       the same.
                 */
-               if (!!(supp_rates[i] & 0x80) &&
-                   (supp_rates[i] & 0x7f) == BSS_MEMBERSHIP_SELECTOR_HT_PHY)
+               if (supp_rates[i] == (0x80 | BSS_MEMBERSHIP_SELECTOR_HT_PHY) ||
+                   supp_rates[i] == (0x80 | BSS_MEMBERSHIP_SELECTOR_VHT_PHY))
                        continue;
 
                for (j = 0; j < sband->n_bitrates; j++) {