Commit 56d1de0a21db28e41741cfa0a66e18bc8d920554, "ath5k: clean up filter flags setting" introduced a regression in monitor mode such that the promisc filter flag would get lost.
Although we set the promisc flag when it changed, we did not preserve it across subsequent calls to configure_filter. This patch restores the original functionality. Cc: sta...@kernel.org Bisected-by: weedy2...@gmail.com Tested-by: weedy2...@gmail.com Tested-by: Rick Farina <sidh...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <m...@bobcopeland.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c index 9c27623..9e023b8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c @@ -3153,13 +3153,15 @@ static void ath5k_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, if (changed_flags & (FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS)) { if (*new_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS) { - rfilt |= AR5K_RX_FILTER_PROM; __set_bit(ATH_STAT_PROMISC, sc->status); } else { __clear_bit(ATH_STAT_PROMISC, sc->status); } } + if (test_bit(ATH_STAT_PROMISC, sc->status)) + rfilt |= AR5K_RX_FILTER_PROM; + /* Note, AR5K_RX_FILTER_MCAST is already enabled */ if (*new_flags & FIF_ALLMULTI) { mfilt[0] = ~0; -- 1.6.3.3 _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel