The patch below does not apply to the 3.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From cb236d2d713cff83d024a82b836757d9e2b50715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 23:07:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: don't wait for TX status forever
TX status notification can get lost, or the frames could
get stuck on the queue, so don't wait for the callback
from the driver forever and instead time out after half
a second.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index e3e7d2b..e5c3cf4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
#include "led.h"
#define IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT (HZ / 5)
+#define IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT_LONG (HZ / 2)
#define IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT_SHORT (HZ / 10)
#define IEEE80211_AUTH_MAX_TRIES 3
#define IEEE80211_AUTH_WAIT_ASSOC (HZ * 5)
#define IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT (HZ / 5)
+#define IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT_LONG (HZ / 2)
#define IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT_SHORT (HZ / 10)
#define IEEE80211_ASSOC_MAX_TRIES 3
@@ -3394,10 +3396,13 @@ static int ieee80211_probe_auth(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
if (tx_flags == 0) {
auth_data->timeout = jiffies + IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT;
- ifmgd->auth_data->timeout_started = true;
+ auth_data->timeout_started = true;
run_again(sdata, auth_data->timeout);
} else {
- auth_data->timeout_started = false;
+ auth_data->timeout =
+ round_jiffies_up(jiffies + IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT_LONG);
+ auth_data->timeout_started = true;
+ run_again(sdata, auth_data->timeout);
}
return 0;
@@ -3434,7 +3439,11 @@ static int ieee80211_do_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
assoc_data->timeout_started = true;
run_again(sdata, assoc_data->timeout);
} else {
- assoc_data->timeout_started = false;
+ assoc_data->timeout =
+ round_jiffies_up(jiffies +
+ IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT_LONG);
+ assoc_data->timeout_started = true;
+ run_again(sdata, assoc_data->timeout);
}
return 0;
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