mac80211: send peer candidate event for new sta only

Only send a cfg80211 new peer candidate notification if userspace has
yet to allocate this station entry.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c

@@ -346,6 +346,15 @@ static struct sta_info *mesh_peer_init(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 
 	sta = sta_info_get(sdata, addr);
 	if (!sta) {
+		/* Userspace handles peer allocation when security is enabled */
+		if (sdata->u.mesh.security & IEEE80211_MESH_SEC_AUTHED) {
+			cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate(sdata->dev, addr,
+							   elems->ie_start,
+							   elems->total_len,
+							   GFP_ATOMIC);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
 		sta = mesh_plink_alloc(sdata, addr);
 		if (!sta)
 			return NULL;
@@ -387,15 +396,6 @@ void mesh_neighbour_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 {
 	struct sta_info *sta;
 
-	/* Userspace handles peer allocation when security is enabled */
-	if (sdata->u.mesh.security & IEEE80211_MESH_SEC_AUTHED) {
-		cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate(sdata->dev, hw_addr,
-						   elems->ie_start,
-						   elems->total_len,
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	sta = mesh_peer_init(sdata, hw_addr, elems);
 	if (!sta)