iwlwifi: skip mac80211 conf during a hardware scan and replay it afterwards

This patch skips mac80211 configuration setting during a hardware scan
and replays it afterwards for the iwlwifi drivers.

Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 40b69182e4dc..8d603257b926 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -6888,8 +6888,8 @@ static void iwl3945_bg_scan_completed(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (test_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status))
 		return;
 
-	if (priv->cache_conf)
-		iwl3945_mac_config(priv->hw, priv->cache_conf);
+	if (test_bit(STATUS_CONF_PENDING, &priv->status))
+		iwl3945_mac_config(priv->hw, ieee80211_get_hw_conf(priv->hw));
 
 	ieee80211_scan_completed(priv->hw);
 
@@ -7033,27 +7033,12 @@ static int iwl3945_mac_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_conf *co
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* TODO: Figure out how to get ieee80211_local->sta_scanning w/ only
-	 * what is exposed through include/ declarations */
 	if (unlikely(!iwl3945_param_disable_hw_scan &&
 		     test_bit(STATUS_SCANNING, &priv->status))) {
-
-		if (priv->cache_conf)
-			IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211("leave - still scanning\n");
-		else {
-			/* Cache the configuration now so that we can
-			 * replay it after the hardware scan is finished. */
-			priv->cache_conf = kmalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (priv->cache_conf) {
-				memcpy(priv->cache_conf, conf, sizeof(*conf));
-				IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211("leave - scanning\n");
-			} else {
-				IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211("leave - no memory\n");
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
-			}
-		}
+		IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211("leave - scanning\n");
+		set_bit(STATUS_CONF_PENDING, &priv->status);
 		mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
-		return ret;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
@@ -7110,10 +7095,7 @@ static int iwl3945_mac_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_conf *co
 	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211("leave\n");
 
 out:
-	if (priv->cache_conf) {
-		kfree(priv->cache_conf);
-		priv->cache_conf = NULL;
-	}
+	clear_bit(STATUS_CONF_PENDING, &priv->status);
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
 	return ret;
 }