mac80211: manage AP netdev carrier state
The AP netdev is really only active when beaconing, so
manage the carrier state accordingly. Also do that for
VLAN interfaces enslaved to a given AP interface.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index efb433d3..56a38a3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -254,7 +254,11 @@
switch (sdata->vif.type) {
case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN:
- /* no need to tell driver */
+ /* no need to tell driver, but set carrier */
+ if (rtnl_dereference(sdata->bss->beacon))
+ netif_carrier_on(dev);
+ else
+ netif_carrier_off(dev);
break;
case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
if (sdata->u.mntr_flags & MONITOR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES) {
@@ -294,7 +298,8 @@
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION ||
- sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
netif_carrier_off(dev);
else
netif_carrier_on(dev);