From: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>

If we just read jiffies over and over again, a non-transmitting
entry may have a newer timestamp than the transmitting one,
leading to possible confusion on expiry. Give them all the same
timestamp when creating them.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
---
 net/wireless/scan.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 186ae1bb510a..a98dabab557a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(struct wiphy *wiphy,
        struct cfg80211_internal_bss tmp = {}, *res;
        int bss_type;
        bool signal_valid;
+       unsigned long ts;
 
        if (WARN_ON(!wiphy))
                return NULL;
@@ -1390,8 +1391,11 @@ cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(struct wiphy *wiphy,
        tmp.ts_boottime = data->boottime_ns;
        if (non_tx_data) {
                tmp.pub.transmitted_bss = non_tx_data->tx_bss;
+               ts = bss_from_pub(non_tx_data->tx_bss)->ts;
                tmp.pub.bssid_index = non_tx_data->bssid_index;
                tmp.pub.max_bssid_indicator = non_tx_data->max_bssid_indicator;
+       } else {
+               ts = jiffies;
        }
 
        /*
@@ -1425,8 +1429,7 @@ cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
        signal_valid = abs(data->chan->center_freq - channel->center_freq) <=
                wiphy->max_adj_channel_rssi_comp;
-       res = cfg80211_bss_update(wiphy_to_rdev(wiphy), &tmp, signal_valid,
-                                 jiffies);
+       res = cfg80211_bss_update(wiphy_to_rdev(wiphy), &tmp, signal_valid, ts);
        if (!res)
                return NULL;
 
-- 
2.17.2

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