From a87da0cbc42949cefc8282c39ab4cb8c460bd6ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:04:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: suppress unchanged "limiting TX power" messages
When the AP is advertising limited TX power, the message can be
printed over and over again. Suppress it when the power level
isn't changing.
This fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106011
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index b140cc6651f4a..f360b77847754 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1379,21 +1379,26 @@ static u32 ieee80211_handle_pwr_constr(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
*/
if (has_80211h_pwr &&
(!has_cisco_pwr || pwr_level_80211h <= pwr_level_cisco)) {
+ new_ap_level = pwr_level_80211h;
+
+ if (sdata->ap_power_level == new_ap_level)
+ return 0;
+
sdata_dbg(sdata,
"Limiting TX power to %d (%d - %d) dBm as advertised by %pM\n",
pwr_level_80211h, chan_pwr, pwr_reduction_80211h,
sdata->u.mgd.bssid);
- new_ap_level = pwr_level_80211h;
} else { /* has_cisco_pwr is always true here. */
+ new_ap_level = pwr_level_cisco;
+
+ if (sdata->ap_power_level == new_ap_level)
+ return 0;
+
sdata_dbg(sdata,
"Limiting TX power to %d dBm as advertised by %pM\n",
pwr_level_cisco, sdata->u.mgd.bssid);
- new_ap_level = pwr_level_cisco;
}
- if (sdata->ap_power_level == new_ap_level)
- return 0;
-
sdata->ap_power_level = new_ap_level;
if (__ieee80211_recalc_txpower(sdata))
return BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER;
--
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