hostapd crash

[e9hack]

Thanks, this does fix the exception. Now I see the reale error:

Sat Jan 13 15:52:30 2024 daemon.err hostapd: Could not set interface phy1-ap8 flags (UP): Resource busy
Sat Jan 13 15:52:31 2024 daemon.err hostapd: Failed to add BSS (BSSID=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
Sat Jan 13 15:52:31 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface phy1-ap7 from bridge br-aaa: No such device
Sat Jan 13 15:52:32 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface phy1-ap6 from bridge br-aaa: No such device
Sat Jan 13 15:52:32 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface phy1-ap5 from bridge br-bbb: No such device
Sat Jan 13 15:52:32 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface phy1-ap4 from bridge br-ccc: No such device
Sat Jan 13 15:52:33 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface phy1-ap3 from bridge br-ddd: No such device
Sat Jan 13 15:52:33 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface phy1-ap2 from bridge br-eee: No such device
Sat Jan 13 15:52:34 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface phy1-ap1 from bridge br-aaa: No such device
Sat Jan 13 15:52:34 2024 daemon.err hostapd: Interface initialization failed

Is there a limition of AP's per device?

Regards,
Hartmut

Am 13.01.2024 um 16:15 schrieb Felix Fietkau:
> Hi,
> 
> On 13.01.24 11:28, e9hack wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I did add one more AP to my wifi config for testing. This results in hostapd not starting for this device:
>>
>> Thu Jan 11 13:59:12 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: Exception in ubus function: left-hand side expression is null In __iface_pending_next(), file /usr/share/hostap/hostapd.uc, line 165, byte 73:   called from function iface_pending_next (/usr/share/hostap/hostapd.uc:181:73)   called from function iface_pending_init (/usr/share/hostap/hostapd.uc:222:15)   called from function iface_restart (/usr/share/hostap/hostapd.uc:249:35)   called from function iface_set_config (/usr/share/hostap/hostapd.uc:620:52)   called from function [anonymous function] (/usr/share/hostap/hostapd.uc:827:32)   called from anonymous function (/usr/share/hostap/hostapd.uc:710:22)   `            hostapd.printf(`hostapd.add_iface failed for phy ${phy} ifname=${bss.ifname}`);`   Near here -----------------------------------------------------------------------^
>> Thu Jan 11 13:59:12 2024 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (405): Command failed: ubus call hostapd config_set { "phy": "phy1", "config":"/var/run/hostapd-phy1.conf", "prev_config": "/var/run/hostapd-phy1.conf.prev"} (Unknown error)
>>
>> The error doesn't appear when I remove a AP. It doesn't matter which one I remove.
>>
>> Is there somewhere a buffer to small?
> 
> Please try the latest version, it should work now. Sorry for the noise.
> 
> - Felix