The radiotap header length "needed_headroom" is only required if we're sending the skb to a monitor interface. Hence, move the calculation a bit later so the calculation can be skipped if no monitor interface is present. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/rx.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c index 825f33c..a78afa1 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c @@ -338,9 +338,6 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sk_buff *origskb, * the SKB because it has a bad FCS/PLCP checksum. */ - /* room for the radiotap header based on driver features */ - needed_headroom = ieee80211_rx_radiotap_space(local, status); - if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS) present_fcs_len = FCS_LEN; @@ -359,6 +356,9 @@ ieee80211_rx_monitor(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sk_buff *origskb, return remove_monitor_info(local, origskb); } + /* room for the radiotap header based on driver features */ + needed_headroom = ieee80211_rx_radiotap_space(local, status); + if (should_drop_frame(origskb, present_fcs_len)) { /* only need to expand headroom if necessary */ skb = origskb; -- 1.7.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html