Since nullfunc frames are transmitted as unicast frames, they're more reliable than the broadcast probe requests, so we need fewer retries to figure out whether the AP is really gone. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index b24e51f..36b7ea3 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include "rate.h" #include "led.h" +#define IEEE80211_MAX_NULLFUNC_TRIES 2 #define IEEE80211_MAX_PROBE_TRIES 5 /* @@ -1913,12 +1914,18 @@ void ieee80211_sta_work(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL) && ifmgd->associated) { u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN]; + int max_tries; + + if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) + max_tries = IEEE80211_MAX_NULLFUNC_TRIES; + else + max_tries = IEEE80211_MAX_PROBE_TRIES; memcpy(bssid, ifmgd->associated->bssid, ETH_ALEN); if (time_is_after_jiffies(ifmgd->probe_timeout)) run_again(ifmgd, ifmgd->probe_timeout); - else if (ifmgd->probe_send_count < IEEE80211_MAX_PROBE_TRIES) { + else if (ifmgd->probe_send_count < max_tries) { #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG wiphy_debug(local->hw.wiphy, "%s: No probe response from AP %pM" -- 1.7.3.2 -- 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