iwlwifi: don't delete AP station directly

With the mac80211 deauth sequence changes, the
station is deleted before the device is set
unassociated. This can cause the device to get
confused as it expects the station to be there
while the associated bit is set.

To fix this, do not delete the AP station from
the device when mac80211 asks for deletion,
instead just mark it as unused and rely on the
unassociated RXON to drop it from the station
database in the device.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c
index 54d3709c0a6c..9212ee3bef9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c
@@ -724,12 +724,22 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_sta_remove(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct iwl_station_priv *sta_priv = (void *)sta->drv_priv;
 	int ret;
 
-	IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "proceeding to remove station %pM\n",
-			sta->addr);
-	ret = iwl_remove_station(priv, sta_priv->sta_id, sta->addr);
-	if (ret)
-		IWL_DEBUG_QUIET_RFKILL(priv, "Error removing station %pM\n",
-			sta->addr);
+	IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "proceeding to remove station %pM\n", sta->addr);
+
+	if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+		/*
+		 * Station will be removed from device when the RXON
+		 * is set to unassociated -- just deactivate it here
+		 * to avoid re-programming it.
+		 */
+		ret = 0;
+		iwl_deactivate_station(priv, sta_priv->sta_id, sta->addr);
+	} else {
+		ret = iwl_remove_station(priv, sta_priv->sta_id, sta->addr);
+		if (ret)
+			IWL_DEBUG_QUIET_RFKILL(priv,
+				"Error removing station %pM\n", sta->addr);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }