iwlwifi: mvm: check TLV flag before trying to use hotspot firmware commands
Older firmwares do not provide support for the HOT_SPOT_CMD command.
Check for the appropriate TLV flag that declares hotspot support in
the firmware to prevent a firmware assertion failure that can be
triggered from the userspace,
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [3.17+]
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index b624058..b6d2683 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -2448,9 +2448,15 @@
switch (vif->type) {
case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
- /* Use aux roc framework (HS20) */
- ret = iwl_mvm_send_aux_roc_cmd(mvm, channel,
- vif, duration);
+ if (mvm->fw->ucode_capa.capa[0] &
+ IWL_UCODE_TLV_CAPA_HOTSPOT_SUPPORT) {
+ /* Use aux roc framework (HS20) */
+ ret = iwl_mvm_send_aux_roc_cmd(mvm, channel,
+ vif, duration);
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+ IWL_ERR(mvm, "hotspot not supported\n");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
goto out_unlock;
case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE:
/* handle below */