ath5k: Fix beaconing in mesh mode

This patch fixes the oops below when attempting to bring up a mesh
interface on ath5k hardware.

[  128.933099] kernel BUG at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c:197!
[  128.933099] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1]
(...)
[  128.933099] Call Trace:
[  128.933099]  [<c83b77fa>] ? ath5k_beacon_update+0x57/0x1f8 [ath5k]
[  128.933099]  [<c02d9a40>] ? __sysfs_add_one+0x28/0x76
[  128.933099]  [<c83b830e>] ? ath5k_bss_info_changed+0x13f/0x173
[ath5k]
[  128.933099]  [<c82ff629>] ? ieee80211_config_beacon+0xc0/0x17e
[mac80211]
[  128.933099]  [<c82f073e>] ?
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify+0x182/0x18b [mac80211]
[  128.933099]  [<c83b81cf>] ? ath5k_bss_info_changed+0x0/0x173 [ath5k]
[  128.933099]  [<c82ff6d6>] ? ieee80211_config_beacon+0x16d/0x17e
[mac80211]
[  128.933099]  [<c82ff753>] ? ieee80211_add_beacon+0x34/0x39 [mac80211]
[  128.933099]  [<c830a4ed>] ? ieee80211s_init+0xf8/0x10f [mac80211]
[  128.933099]  [<c830a5df>] ? ieee80211_mesh_init_sdata+0xdb/0x154 [mac80211]

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 8251946..29b855c 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1949,8 +1949,9 @@ ath5k_beacon_send(struct ath5k_softc *sc)
                /* NB: hw still stops DMA, so proceed */
        }
 
-       /* refresh the beacon for AP mode */
-       if (sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
+       /* refresh the beacon for AP or MESH mode */
+       if (sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
+                       sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
                ath5k_beacon_update(sc->hw, vif);
 
        ath5k_hw_set_txdp(ah, sc->bhalq, bf->daddr);
@@ -2851,7 +2852,8 @@ static int ath5k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
        /* Assign the vap/adhoc to a beacon xmit slot. */
        if ((avf->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) ||
-           (avf->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)) {
+           (avf->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) ||
+           (avf->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)) {
                int slot;
 
                WARN_ON(list_empty(&sc->bcbuf));