mac80211: add helper for reseting the connection monitor
This will be used in another place later. The connection
monitor was added as of 2.6.35 so these fixes will be
applicable to >= 2.6.35.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com>
Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index bfb0eab..2d86a4d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@
round_jiffies_up(jiffies + IEEE80211_BEACON_LOSS_TIME));
}
+void ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+ if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR)
+ return;
+
+ mod_timer(&sdata->u.mgd.conn_mon_timer,
+ round_jiffies_up(jiffies + IEEE80211_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIME));
+}
+
static int ecw2cw(int ecw)
{
return (1 << ecw) - 1;
@@ -1018,11 +1027,7 @@
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1))
return;
- if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR)
- return;
-
- mod_timer(&sdata->u.mgd.conn_mon_timer,
- round_jiffies_up(jiffies + IEEE80211_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIME));
+ ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
}
static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)