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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/offchannel.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/offchannel.c b/net/mac80211/offchannel.c
index 2cd880e444d1..a7bbfc40a648 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/offchannel.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/offchannel.c
@@ -106,9 +106,13 @@ void ieee80211_offchannel_stop_beaconing(struct ieee80211_local *local)
/*
* only handle non-STA interfaces here, STA interfaces
* are handled in ieee80211_offchannel_stop_station(),
- * e.g., from the background scan state machine
+ * e.g., from the background scan state machine.
+ *
+ * In addition, do not stop monitor interface to allow it to be
+ * used from user space controlled off-channel operations.
*/
- if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+ if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
+ sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
netif_stop_queue(sdata->dev);
}
mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);