From: Reinette Chatre Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 23:08:49 +0000 (-0700) Subject: mac80211: notify upper layers after lower X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=41a7be4858b886f83522e62d409263fcdb82653b;p=GitHub%2FLineageOS%2FG12%2Fandroid_kernel_amlogic_linux-4.9.git mac80211: notify upper layers after lower When drivers receive change notification they may do work that will enable the changes to take effect. For example, if new association the device needs to be programmed with this information. Give the driver chance to make the changes before notifying the upper layer - thus preventing race condition where upper layer attempts to utilize state that may not be configured yet. Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre Acked-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c index 0f2fc9c4703a..9e30333aa81e 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c @@ -542,13 +542,13 @@ static void ieee80211_set_associated(struct net_device *dev, memset(wrqu.ap_addr.sa_data, 0, ETH_ALEN); } - wrqu.ap_addr.sa_family = ARPHRD_ETHER; - wireless_send_event(dev, SIOCGIWAP, &wrqu, NULL); ifsta->last_probe = jiffies; ieee80211_led_assoc(local, assoc); sdata->bss_conf.assoc = assoc; ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed); + wrqu.ap_addr.sa_family = ARPHRD_ETHER; + wireless_send_event(dev, SIOCGIWAP, &wrqu, NULL); } static void ieee80211_set_disassoc(struct net_device *dev,