libertas: fix scan result loss if SSID IE len 0
authorJames Cameron <quozl@laptop.org>
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 23:25:53 +0000 (10:25 +1100)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:49:07 +0000 (15:49 -0500)
Scan results from Marvell 8388 and 8686 have probe responses from
hidden APs and OLPC XO-1 mesh with a zero length SSID IE.

Bug in lbs_ret_scan discarded any remaining BSS in scan response,
leading to user not seeing APs in dense environments.

With LBS_DEB_SCAN, dmesg shows

libertas scan: scan response: 5 BSSs (419 bytes); resp size 474 bytes
libertas scan: scan: 00:1a:2b:84:de:e8, capa 0401, chan  1, qz, -51 dBm
libertas scan: scan: 5c:63:bf:d8:eb:0c, capa 0411, chan  1, qw129, -23 dBm
libertas scan: scan response: invalid IE fmt

With LBS_DEB_HEX, dmesg shows valid BSS in scan response were not
processed.

Change is to ignore zero length IE and continue processing.

Fixes OLPC 12757, http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/12757

Signed-off-by: James Cameron <quozl@laptop.org>
Reported-by: T Gillett <tgillett@gmail.com>
Tested-by: T Gillett <tgillett@gmail.com>
CC: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cfg.c

index 32f7500..cb6d189 100644 (file)
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int lbs_ret_scan(struct lbs_private *priv, unsigned long dummy,
                        id = *pos++;
                        elen = *pos++;
                        left -= 2;
-                       if (elen > left || elen == 0) {
+                       if (elen > left) {
                                lbs_deb_scan("scan response: invalid IE fmt\n");
                                goto done;
                        }