This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
cfg80211: fix default HE tx bitrate mask in 2G band
to the 5.10-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:
cfg80211-fix-default-he-tx-bitrate-mask-in-2g-band.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit a7da7e3b87b320a9b819023d8b37dffacb4b9e6d
Author: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jun 9 15:59:44 2021 +0800
cfg80211: fix default HE tx bitrate mask in 2G band
[ Upstream commit 9df66d5b9f45c39b3925d16e8947cc10009b186d ]
In 2G band, a HE sta can only supports HT and HE, but not supports VHT.
In this case, default HE tx bitrate mask isn't filled, when we use iw to
set bitrates without any parameter.
Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210609075944.51130-1-pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index daf3f29c7f0c..8fb0478888fb 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4625,11 +4625,10 @@ static int nl80211_parse_tx_bitrate_mask(struct genl_info *info,
sband->ht_cap.mcs.rx_mask,
sizeof(mask->control[i].ht_mcs));
- if (!sband->vht_cap.vht_supported)
- continue;
-
- vht_tx_mcs_map = le16_to_cpu(sband->vht_cap.vht_mcs.tx_mcs_map);
- vht_build_mcs_mask(vht_tx_mcs_map, mask->control[i].vht_mcs);
+ if (sband->vht_cap.vht_supported) {
+ vht_tx_mcs_map = le16_to_cpu(sband->vht_cap.vht_mcs.tx_mcs_map);
+ vht_build_mcs_mask(vht_tx_mcs_map, mask->control[i].vht_mcs);
+ }
he_cap = ieee80211_get_he_iftype_cap(sband, wdev->iftype);
if (!he_cap)
