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Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Stop TX BA session if buf_size is zero

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On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 12:18 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> If we receive an ADDBA response with status code 0 and a buf_size of 0
> we should stop the TX BA session as otherwise we'll end up queuing
> frames in ieee80211_tx_prep_agg forever instead of sending them out as
> non AMPDUs.
> 
> This fixes a problem with AVM Fritz Stick N wireless devices where
> frames to this device are not transmitted anymore by mac80211.

I guess this is acceptable since it shouldn't be happening anyway.

Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/agg-tx.c |   18 +++++++-----------
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
> index c8be8ef..b7075f3 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
> @@ -777,18 +777,14 @@ void ieee80211_process_addba_resp(struct ieee80211_local *local,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
>  	printk(KERN_DEBUG "switched off addBA timer for tid %d\n", tid);
>  #endif
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * IEEE 802.11-2007 7.3.1.14:
> +	 * In an ADDBA Response frame, when the Status Code field
> +	 * is set to 0, the Buffer Size subfield is set to a value
> +	 * of at least 1.
> +	 */
>  	if (le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.action.u.addba_resp.status)
> -			== WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
> -		/*
> -		 * IEEE 802.11-2007 7.3.1.14:
> -		 * In an ADDBA Response frame, when the Status Code field
> -		 * is set to 0, the Buffer Size subfield is set to a value
> -		 * of at least 1.
> -		 */
> -		if (!buf_size)
> -			goto out;
> -
> +			== WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS && buf_size) {
>  		if (test_and_set_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_RESPONSE_RECEIVED,
>  				     &tid_tx->state)) {
>  			/* ignore duplicate response */


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