]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/stable.git/commitdiff
iwlwifi: fix monitor mode FCS flag
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:28:44 +0000 (21:28 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 3 Dec 2012 19:37:56 +0000 (11:37 -0800)
commit 04baaa27b43d389879237b32f8bd194a94cf1ca7 upstream.

When the firmware is in SNIFFER mode, it leaves
the FCS at the end of frame. Not telling mac80211
means it won't add the right flag to the radiotap
header and that confuses wireshark.

Since mac80211 doesn't have a per-packet flag, set
the HW flag dynamically. This works as the monitor
vif can only be present in the driver by itself.

This fixes a regression introduced by my

commit 578977264199de9815ace51ade87cec4894cf010
Author: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Date:   Fri May 11 10:53:18 2012 +0200

    iwlwifi: support explicit monitor interface

Reported-by: MARK PHILLIPS <mark.phillips@virgin.net>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c

index a5f7bce96325819f6c14471bec1b4232af533a3e..7a2cf5295e989baaf6743b2d817f12b5bcd29d66 100644 (file)
@@ -1352,6 +1352,20 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
        vif_priv->ctx = ctx;
        ctx->vif = vif;
 
+       /*
+        * In SNIFFER device type, the firmware reports the FCS to
+        * the host, rather than snipping it off. Unfortunately,
+        * mac80211 doesn't (yet) provide a per-packet flag for
+        * this, so that we have to set the hardware flag based
+        * on the interfaces added. As the monitor interface can
+        * only be present by itself, and will be removed before
+        * other interfaces are added, this is safe.
+        */
+       if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
+               priv->hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS;
+       else
+               priv->hw->flags &= ~IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS;
+
        err = iwl_setup_interface(priv, ctx);
        if (!err || reset)
                goto out;