Improves reliability of wifi connections with WPA, since authentication frames are prioritized over normal traffic and also typically exempt from aggregation. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/wme.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/wme.c b/net/mac80211/wme.c index 21211c6..d51422c 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/wme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/wme.c @@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ u16 ieee80211_select_queue(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, return IEEE80211_AC_BE; } + if (skb->protocol == sdata->control_port_protocol) { + skb->priority = 7; + return ieee80211_downgrade_queue(sdata, skb); + } + /* use the data classifier to determine what 802.1d tag the * data frame has */ rcu_read_lock(); -- 1.8.3.4 (Apple Git-47) -- 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