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[PATCH] ieee80211: don't flood log with errors

The "ieee80211: Workaround malformed 802.11 frames from AP" patch (see
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f09fc44d8c25f22c4d985bb93857338ed02feac6 )
fixes the problem with some buggy APs but also converts debug message into
an error one. This floods the log with errors when you are near such AP (you
get a message for every beacon). This patch reverts the error message back
to the debug one.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Jiri Benc 18 years ago
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1 changed files with 6 additions and 6 deletions
  1. 6 6
      net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c

+ 6 - 6
net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c

@@ -1078,12 +1078,12 @@ static int ieee80211_parse_info_param(struct ieee80211_info_element
 
 	while (length >= sizeof(*info_element)) {
 		if (sizeof(*info_element) + info_element->len > length) {
-			IEEE80211_ERROR("Info elem: parse failed: "
-					"info_element->len + 2 > left : "
-					"info_element->len+2=%zd left=%d, id=%d.\n",
-					info_element->len +
-					sizeof(*info_element),
-					length, info_element->id);
+			IEEE80211_DEBUG_MGMT("Info elem: parse failed: "
+					     "info_element->len + 2 > left : "
+					     "info_element->len+2=%zd left=%d, id=%d.\n",
+					     info_element->len +
+					     sizeof(*info_element),
+					     length, info_element->id);
 			/* We stop processing but don't return an error here
 			 * because some misbehaviour APs break this rule. ie.
 			 * Orinoco AP1000. */