mac80211: handle failed scan requests in STA mode

If cfg80211 requests a scan it awaits either a return code != 0 from
the scan function or the cfg80211_scan_done to be called. In case of
a STA mac80211's scan function ever returns 0 and queues the scan request.
If ieee80211_sta_work is executed and ieee80211_start_scan fails for
some reason cfg80211_scan_done will never be called but cfg80211 still
thinks the scan was triggered successfully and will refuse any future
scan requests due to drv->scan_req not being cleaned up.

If a scan is triggered from within the MLME a similar problem appears. If
ieee80211_start_scan returns an error, local->scan_req will not be reset
and mac80211 will refuse any future scan requests.

Hence, in both cases call ieee80211_scan_failed (which notifies cfg80211
and resets local->scan_req) if ieee80211_start_scan returns an error.

Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 0e81e1633a66..5030a3c87509 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -202,6 +202,18 @@ ieee80211_scan_rx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb,
         return RX_QUEUED;
 }
 
+void ieee80211_scan_failed(struct ieee80211_local *local)
+{
+        if (WARN_ON(!local->scan_req))
+                return;
+
+        /* notify cfg80211 about the failed scan */
+        if (local->scan_req != &local->int_scan_req)
+                cfg80211_scan_done(local->scan_req, true);
+
+        local->scan_req = NULL;
+}
+
 void ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool aborted)
 {
         struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);