Data Frames with no ack flag set should be handle by the rate controler.
Make sure we reach the rate controler by returning early from
rate_control_send_low if the frame is a data frame with no ack flag.
Signed-off-by: Philipp Borgers <borgers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/rate.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c
index 63652c39c8e0..4f5b35a0ea28 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c
@@ -391,11 +391,16 @@ static bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
{
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(txrc->skb);
+ struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) txrc->skb->data;
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = txrc->sband;
struct sta_info *sta;
int mcast_rate;
bool use_basicrate = false;
+ if (ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control) &&
+ (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK))
+ return false;
+
if (!pubsta || rc_no_data_or_no_ack_use_min(txrc)) {
__rate_control_send_low(txrc->hw, sband, pubsta, info,
txrc->rate_idx_mask);
--
2.31.1
