X-Git-Url: http://pileus.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=net%2Fwireless%2Fscan.c;h=dc23b31594e0f54758d0b59ffa5854c6e426e2e8;hb=01acc269083015e2f78407f59dc8d6378fce22ee;hp=0fb1424104047ced0d99949be89388509e05fc5c;hpb=5c24d8b2bf99ee93049a6f8154ef9cd7897a6e36;p=~andy%2Flinux

diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 0fb14241040..dc23b31594e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -259,17 +259,20 @@ static int cmp_ies(u8 num, u8 *ies1, size_t len1, u8 *ies2, size_t len2)
 {
 	const u8 *ie1 = cfg80211_find_ie(num, ies1, len1);
 	const u8 *ie2 = cfg80211_find_ie(num, ies2, len2);
-	int r;
 
+	/* equal if both missing */
 	if (!ie1 && !ie2)
 		return 0;
-	if (!ie1 || !ie2)
+	/* sort missing IE before (left of) present IE */
+	if (!ie1)
 		return -1;
+	if (!ie2)
+		return 1;
 
-	r = memcmp(ie1 + 2, ie2 + 2, min(ie1[1], ie2[1]));
-	if (r == 0 && ie1[1] != ie2[1])
+	/* sort by length first, then by contents */
+	if (ie1[1] != ie2[1])
 		return ie2[1] - ie1[1];
-	return r;
+	return memcmp(ie1 + 2, ie2 + 2, ie1[1]);
 }
 
 static bool is_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *a,