mac80211: check if channels allow 80 MHz for VHT probe requests
If there are no channels allowing 80 MHz to be used, then the
station isn't really VHT capable even if the driver and device
support it in general. In this case, exclude the VHT capability
IE from probe request frames.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index bb9664c..974ebe7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@
int ext_rates_len;
int shift;
u32 rate_flags;
+ bool have_80mhz = false;
*offset = 0;
@@ -1467,7 +1468,15 @@
*offset = noffset;
}
- if (sband->vht_cap.vht_supported) {
+ /* Check if any channel in this sband supports at least 80 MHz */
+ for (i = 0; i < sband->n_channels; i++) {
+ if (!(sband->channels[i].flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_80MHZ)) {
+ have_80mhz = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (sband->vht_cap.vht_supported && have_80mhz) {
if (end - pos < 2 + sizeof(struct ieee80211_vht_cap))
goto out_err;
pos = ieee80211_ie_build_vht_cap(pos, &sband->vht_cap,