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Re: [PATCH 7/7] mac80211: Do not override AID in the duration field

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On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 17:01 +0300, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> plain text document attachment (mac80211-pspoll-aid.patch)
> When updating the duration field for TX frames, skip the update for
> PS-Poll frames that use this field for other purposes (AID).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  net/mac80211/tx.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/tx.c	2009-05-19 16:32:25.000000000 +0300
> +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/tx.c	2009-05-19 16:32:42.000000000 +0300
> @@ -872,6 +872,8 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_calculate_duration(struct
>  
>  	do {
>  		hdr = (void *) skb->data;
> +		if (ieee80211_is_pspoll(hdr->frame_control))
> +			continue; /* must not overwrite AID */

unlikely()? Also, you can 'break' instead of 'continue' or actually put
this in front of the loop since the frame cannot be fragmented.

johannes

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