From: Aloka Dixit <aloka.dixit@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Aloka Dixit <aloka.dixit@oss.qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH wireless-next 1/2] Revert "wifi: mac80211: do not use old MBSSID elements"
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:10:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261002-csa_cca_fix-v1-1-b83a998aeb44@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261002-csa_cca_fix-v1-0-b83a998aeb44@oss.qualcomm.com>
Commit a519be2f5d95 ("wifi: mac80211: do not use old MBSSID
elements") fixed the incorrect inclusion of stopped/removed
non-transmitted profiles from the Beacon frames, but it caused
a regression for channel switch (CSA) and BSS color change (CCA)
operations initiated from hostapd.
Hostapd passes two Beacon templates to kernel for CSA and CCA -
(1) beacon_csa/beacon_color_change used during the countdown.
(2) beacon_after/beacon_next used after the countdown completes.
Hostapd relies on the kernel to include the old MBSSID elements
while sending beacon_csa/beacon_color_change templates to the
driver.
This path is now broken and results in CSA/CCA failure.
Including existing MBSSID elements explicitly makes the netlink
buffer larger than default 4 KB depending on the number of APs
which would need unnecessary complication to pre-calculate the
buffer length.
Revert the commit to fix the regression.
Regarding the original issue fixed by the reverted commit -
Hostapd now has a new commit which always includes at least one
MBSSID element when the feature is enabled, hence when all
non-transmitted profiles are removed, this empty element ensures
that stopped profiles are not advertised.
Fixes: a519be2f5d95 ("wifi: mac80211: do not use old MBSSID elements")
Signed-off-by: Aloka Dixit <aloka.dixit@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index bd1a857c812d..b38941e6784f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -1518,6 +1518,7 @@ ieee80211_assign_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
size = sizeof(*new) + new_head_len + new_tail_len;
+ /* new or old multiple BSSID elements? */
if (params->mbssid_ies) {
mbssid = params->mbssid_ies;
size += struct_size(new->mbssid_ies, elem, mbssid->cnt);
@@ -1527,6 +1528,15 @@ ieee80211_assign_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
}
size += ieee80211_get_mbssid_beacon_len(mbssid, rnr,
mbssid->cnt);
+ } else if (old && old->mbssid_ies) {
+ mbssid = old->mbssid_ies;
+ size += struct_size(new->mbssid_ies, elem, mbssid->cnt);
+ if (old && old->rnr_ies) {
+ rnr = old->rnr_ies;
+ size += struct_size(new->rnr_ies, elem, rnr->cnt);
+ }
+ size += ieee80211_get_mbssid_beacon_len(mbssid, rnr,
+ mbssid->cnt);
}
new = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-02 19:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-02 19:10 [PATCH wireless-next 0/2] wifi: mac80211: fix CSA/CCA regression Aloka Dixit
2026-10-02 19:10 ` Aloka Dixit [this message]
2026-10-02 19:10 ` [PATCH wireless-next 2/2] wifi: mac80211: remove redundant null check in ieee80211_assign_beacon() Aloka Dixit
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