Sending nulldata packets is important for sw AP link probing and detecting
4-address mode links. The checks that dropped these packets were apparently
added to work around an iwlwifi firmware bug with multi-TID aggregation.
Fixes: 41cbb0f5a295 ("mac80211: add support for HE")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c | 3 +++
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 9 ---------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
index 1ad621d13ad3..0a13c2bda2ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,9 @@ static int iwl_mvm_tx_mpdu(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mvmsta->sta_id == IWL_MVM_INVALID_STA))
return -1;
+ if (unlikely(ieee80211_is_any_nullfunc(fc)) && sta->he_cap.has_he)
+ return -1;
+
if (unlikely(ieee80211_is_probe_resp(fc)))
iwl_mvm_probe_resp_set_noa(mvm, skb);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 2480bd0577bb..eda1e979120f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1094,11 +1094,6 @@ void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr *nullfunc;
struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
- /* Don't send NDPs when STA is connected HE */
- if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
- !(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE))
- return;
-
skb = ieee80211_nullfunc_get(&local->hw, &sdata->vif,
!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP));
if (!skb)
@@ -1130,10 +1125,6 @@ static void ieee80211_send_4addr_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
if (WARN_ON(sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION))
return;
- /* Don't send NDPs when connected HE */
- if (!(sdata->u.mgd.flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE))
- return;
-
skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->hw.extra_tx_headroom + 30);
if (!skb)
return;
--
2.30.1
