mac80211: remove support for IFF_PROMISC
This support is essentially useless as typically networks are encrypted,
frames will be filtered by hardware, and rate scaling will be done with
the intended recipient in mind. For real monitoring of the network, the
monitor mode support should be used instead.
Removing it removes a lot of corner cases.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c
index 5abd62e..c7bc01d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@
IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "Enter: changed: 0x%x, total: 0x%x\n",
changed_flags, *total_flags);
- CHK(FIF_OTHER_BSS | FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS, RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK);
+ CHK(FIF_OTHER_BSS, RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK);
/* Setting _just_ RXON_FILTER_CTL2HOST_MSK causes FH errors */
CHK(FIF_CONTROL, RXON_FILTER_CTL2HOST_MSK | RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK);
CHK(FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC, RXON_FILTER_BCON_AWARE_MSK);
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@
* since we currently do not support programming multicast
* filters into the device.
*/
- *total_flags &= FIF_OTHER_BSS | FIF_ALLMULTI | FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS |
+ *total_flags &= FIF_OTHER_BSS | FIF_ALLMULTI |
FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC | FIF_CONTROL;
}