mac80211: deauth when interface is marked down
It seems like proper etiquette to let other stations know when we are
going down in either STA or IBSS mode. This also notifies userland, so
wpa_supplicant doesn't get confused.
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 4608212..9ab772a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -435,7 +435,11 @@
break;
case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
- sdata->u.sta.state = IEEE80211_STA_MLME_DISABLED;
+ /* Announce that we are leaving the network. */
+ if (sdata->u.sta.state != IEEE80211_STA_MLME_DISABLED)
+ ieee80211_sta_deauthenticate(sdata,
+ WLAN_REASON_DEAUTH_LEAVING);
+
memset(sdata->u.sta.bssid, 0, ETH_ALEN);
del_timer_sync(&sdata->u.sta.timer);
/*