mac80211 : Fix setting ad-hoc mode and non-ibss channel

Patch fixes the kernel trace when user tries to set
ad-hoc mode on non IBSS channel.
e.g iwconfig wlan0 chan 36 mode ad-hoc

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/wext.c b/net/mac80211/wext.c
index 742f811ca416..ab4ddba874be 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wext.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wext.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ static int ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode(struct net_device *dev,
                                    __u32 *mode, char *extra)
 {
         struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
+        struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
         int type;
 
         if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
@@ -281,6 +282,13 @@ static int ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode(struct net_device *dev,
                 type = NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION;
                 break;
         case IW_MODE_ADHOC:
+                /* Setting ad-hoc mode on non ibss channel is not
+                 * supported.
+                 */
+                if (local->oper_channel &&
+                    (local->oper_channel->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS))
+                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
                 type = NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC;
                 break;
         case IW_MODE_REPEAT: