Data Frames with no ack flag set should be handled 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 | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c
index 63652c39c8e0..fa1c73d0ceff 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ static bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
int mcast_rate;
bool use_basicrate = false;
+ if (ieee80211_is_tx_data(txrc->skb) &&
+ (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
