Hi Brian,
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:16:58AM +0530, Ganapathi Bhat wrote:
> > If driver is loaded with 'mfg_mode' enabled, then the sending
> commands
> > are not allowed. So, when mwifiex_send_cmd fails in
> > mwifiex_add_virtual_intf, driver must check for 'mfg_mode' before
> > returning error.
> >
> > Fixes: 7311ea850079 ("mwifiex: fix AP start problem for newly added
> > interface")
> > Signed-off-by: Ganapathi Bhat <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> > b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> > index ffada17..1856205 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> > @@ -2967,11 +2967,11 @@ struct wireless_dev
> > *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
> >
> > ret = mwifiex_send_cmd(priv, HostCmd_CMD_SET_BSS_MODE,
> > HostCmd_ACT_GEN_SET, 0, NULL, true);
> > - if (ret)
> > + if (ret && !adapter->mfg_mode)
>
> It doesn't feel like ignoring errors is the best approach here,
> especially when it's only a single command that we could easily just
> skip.
Got it.
>
> So, why don't you just skip it, like this?
>
> if (!adapter->mfg_mode) {
Yes. This is better.
> ret = mwifiex_send_cmd(...);
> if (ret)
> goto err_set_bss_mode;
> }
>
> > goto err_set_bss_mode;
> >
> > ret = mwifiex_sta_init_cmd(priv, false, false);
> > - if (ret)
> > + if (ret && !adapter->mfg_mode)
> > goto err_sta_init;
>
> Same here; I think it's safe to just completely skip
> mwifiex_sta_init_cmd(), no?
Yes. I have sent v2 of these changes.
>
> Brian
>
> >
> > mwifiex_setup_ht_caps(&wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ]->ht_cap,
> > priv);
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >
Thanks,
Ganapathi
