PS filtering is only useful in AP mode and by setting the flags in mac80211,
vif mode checks do not have to be added to every single driver supporting
this.
Fixes part of a regression introduced in commit 93ae2dd2
"ath9k: assign keycache slots to unencrypted stations"
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/tx.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index e1a39ed..b301216 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1267,6 +1267,9 @@ ieee80211_tx_prepare(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT;
else if (test_and_clear_sta_flags(tx->sta, WLAN_STA_CLEAR_PS_FILT))
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT;
+ else if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
+ sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
+ info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT;
hdrlen = ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
if (skb->len > hdrlen + sizeof(rfc1042_header) + 2) {
--
1.7.3.2
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