mac80211: update ht flag if bss configuration changed

There's a bug in tracking HT opmode changes in mac80211, it
fails to update the driver when the channel parameters don't
change.

Move the code to do the HT opmode checking independently of
the channel/bandwidth tracking.

Signed-off-by: Avri Altman <avri.altman@intel.com>
[edit commit message]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 2bb3a8631b17..33bcf8018d8e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -330,6 +330,16 @@ static int ieee80211_config_bw(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
         if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sta))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
+        /*
+         * if bss configuration changed store the new one -
+         * this may be applicable even if channel is identical
+         */
+        ht_opmode = le16_to_cpu(ht_oper->operation_mode);
+        if (sdata->vif.bss_conf.ht_operation_mode != ht_opmode) {
+                *changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HT;
+                sdata->vif.bss_conf.ht_operation_mode = ht_opmode;
+        }
+
         chan = sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef.chan;
         sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[chan->band];
 
@@ -416,14 +426,6 @@ static int ieee80211_config_bw(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                                          IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED);
         }
 
-        ht_opmode = le16_to_cpu(ht_oper->operation_mode);
-
-        /* if bss configuration changed store the new one */
-        if (sdata->vif.bss_conf.ht_operation_mode != ht_opmode) {
-                *changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HT;
-                sdata->vif.bss_conf.ht_operation_mode = ht_opmode;
-        }
-
         return 0;
 }