This patch fixes stale mac80211_tx_control_flags for filtered / retried frames. Because ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame feeds skbs back into the tx path, they have to be stripped of some tx flags so they won't confuse the stack, driver or device. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- On Tuesday 21 September 2010 08:33:32 Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 00:22 +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote: > > --- a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c > > +++ b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c > > @@ -129,9 +129,7 @@ static void sta_rx_agg_reorder_timer_expired(unsigned long data) > > rcu_read_lock(); > > - spin_lock(&sta->lock); > > ieee80211_release_reorder_timeout(sta, *ptid); > > - spin_unlock(&sta->lock); oops, indeed that part belongs to a different patch: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg55107.html --- diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 12a49f0..5d1187d 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC: tells the driver to use LDPC for this frame * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC: Enables Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) for this * frame and selects the maximum number of streams that it can use. + * + * Note: If you have to add new flags to the enumeration, then don't + * forget to update %IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS when necessary. */ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0), @@ -350,6 +353,19 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { #define IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT 23 +/* + * This definition is used as a mask to clear all temporary flags, which are + * set by the tx handlers for each transmission attempt by the mac80211 stack. + */ +#define IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS (IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK | \ + IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT | \ + IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU | \ + IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK | \ + IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK | \ + IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PSPOLL_RESPONSE | \ + IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC | \ + IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC) + /** * enum mac80211_rate_control_flags - per-rate flags set by the * Rate Control algorithm. diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c index 571b32b..dd85006 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/status.c +++ b/net/mac80211/status.c @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static void ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame(struct ieee80211_local *local, info->control.vif = &sta->sdata->vif; info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING | IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION; + info->flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS; sta->tx_filtered_count++; -- 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
