From: Larry Finger Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:11:25 +0000 (-0600) Subject: rtlwifi: rtl8192c: Prevent reconnect attempts if not connected X-Git-Url: http://git.mmlx.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cfce18a7871370cf75c0a289a94ff52c5eec17d2;p=linux-edison.git rtlwifi: rtl8192c: Prevent reconnect attempts if not connected commit 8fd77aec1a9d6f4328fc0244f21932114e066df3 upstream. 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 Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c index 3698028c910..6fc0853fd7f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c @@ -1427,7 +1427,8 @@ 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;