This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: wfx: fix frame reordering
to the 5.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
staging-wfx-fix-frame-reordering.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 46f41b7b0f4b258ce7317d530dc302ac817beb3e
Author: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Aug 25 10:58:23 2020 +0200
staging: wfx: fix frame reordering
[ Upstream commit 7373f31c4b5e382e5117b71a6792e8005c45aa50 ]
When mac80211 debug is enabled, the trace below appears:
[60744.340037] wlan0: Rx A-MPDU request on aa:bb:cc:97:60:24 tid 0 result -524
This imply that ___ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session will prematurely exit
and frame reordering won't be enabled.
Fixes: e5da5fbd77411 ("staging: wfx: fix CCMP/TKIP replay protection")
Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200825085828.399505-7-Jerome.Pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
index 4e30ab17a93d4..7dace7c17bf5c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
@@ -682,15 +682,16 @@ int wfx_ampdu_action(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
struct ieee80211_ampdu_params *params)
{
- /* Aggregation is implemented fully in firmware,
- * including block ack negotiation. Do not allow
- * mac80211 stack to do anything: it interferes with
- * the firmware.
- */
-
- /* Note that we still need this function stubbed. */
-
- return -ENOTSUPP;
+ // Aggregation is implemented fully in firmware
+ switch (params->action) {
+ case IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_START:
+ case IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_STOP:
+ // Just acknowledge it to enable frame re-ordering
+ return 0;
+ default:
+ // Leave the firmware doing its business for tx aggregation
+ return -ENOTSUPP;
+ }
}
int wfx_add_chanctx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
