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rtlwifi: rtl8192c: Prevent reconnect attempts if not connected

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This driver has a watchdog timer that attempts to reconnect when beacon frames
are not seen for 6 seconds. This patch disables that reconnect whenever the
device has never been connected.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Larry Finger 2013-11-18 11:11:25 -06:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent ac0ef8139b
commit 8fd77aec1a
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drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
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@ -1437,7 +1437,8 @@ void rtl_watchdog_wq_callback(void *data)
/* if we can't recv beacon for 6s, we should
* reconnect this AP
*/
if (rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) {
if ((rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) &&
!is_zero_ether_addr(rtlpriv->mac80211.bssid)) {
RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
"AP off, try to reconnect now\n");
rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times = 0;