Recently mac80211 was changed to use nullfunc instead of probe request for connection monitoring for tx ack status reporting hardwares. These nullfunc data frames are being sent at higer rates and also as aggregated ones. This could probably delays the nullfunc ack so the connection is more frequently getting disconnected as max retries are reached. In order to improve the connectivity send the nullfunc at lower rate. Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: updated commit log net/mac80211/rate.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c index f61244c..213e1e9 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rate.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c @@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ static bool rc_no_data_or_no_ack(struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc) fc = hdr->frame_control; - return (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) || !ieee80211_is_data(fc); + return (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) || + !ieee80211_is_data(fc) || ieee80211_is_nullfunc(fc); } static void rc_send_low_broadcast(s8 *idx, u32 basic_rates, -- 1.7.6.4 -- 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
