This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type
to the 3.12-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:
rtlwifi-fix-endian-error-in-extracting-packet-type.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 0c5d63f0ab6728f05ddefa25aff55e31297f95e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 14:28:35 -0500
Subject: rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type
From: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 0c5d63f0ab6728f05ddefa25aff55e31297f95e6 upstream.
All of the rtlwifi drivers have an error in the routine that tests if
the data is "special". If it is, the subsequant transmission will be
at the lowest rate to enhance reliability. The 16-bit quantity is
big-endian, but was being extracted in native CPU mode. One of the
effects of this bug is to inhibit association under some conditions
as the TX rate is too high.
Based on suggestions by Joe Perches, the entire routine is rewritten.
One of the local headers contained duplicates of some of the ETH_P_XXX
definitions. These are deleted.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c | 97 +++++++++++++++---------------------
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h | 6 --
2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/udp.h>
/*
*NOTICE!!!: This file will be very big, we should
@@ -1074,64 +1075,52 @@ u8 rtl_is_special_data(struct ieee80211_
if (!ieee80211_is_data(fc))
return false;
+ ip = (const struct iphdr *)(skb->data + mac_hdr_len +
+ SNAP_SIZE + PROTOC_TYPE_SIZE);
+ ether_type = be16_to_cpup((__be16 *)
+ (skb->data + mac_hdr_len + SNAP_SIZE));
+
+ switch (ether_type) {
+ case ETH_P_IP: {
+ struct udphdr *udp;
+ u16 src;
+ u16 dst;
+
+ if (ip->protocol != IPPROTO_UDP)
+ return false;
+ udp = (struct udphdr *)((u8 *)ip + (ip->ihl << 2));
+ src = be16_to_cpu(udp->source);
+ dst = be16_to_cpu(udp->dest);
+
+ /* If this case involves port 68 (UDP BOOTP client) connecting
+ * with port 67 (UDP BOOTP server), then return true so that
+ * the lowest speed is used.
+ */
+ if (!((src == 68 && dst == 67) || (src == 67 && dst == 68)))
+ return false;
- ip = (struct iphdr *)((u8 *) skb->data + mac_hdr_len +
- SNAP_SIZE + PROTOC_TYPE_SIZE);
- ether_type = *(u16 *) ((u8 *) skb->data + mac_hdr_len + SNAP_SIZE);
- /* ether_type = ntohs(ether_type); */
-
- if (ETH_P_IP == ether_type) {
- if (IPPROTO_UDP == ip->protocol) {
- struct udphdr *udp = (struct udphdr *)((u8 *) ip +
- (ip->ihl << 2));
- if (((((u8 *) udp)[1] == 68) &&
- (((u8 *) udp)[3] == 67)) ||
- ((((u8 *) udp)[1] == 67) &&
- (((u8 *) udp)[3] == 68))) {
- /*
- * 68 : UDP BOOTP client
- * 67 : UDP BOOTP server
- */
- RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, (COMP_SEND | COMP_RECV),
- DBG_DMESG, "dhcp %s !!\n",
- is_tx ? "Tx" : "Rx");
-
- if (is_tx) {
- rtlpriv->enter_ps = false;
- schedule_work(&rtlpriv->
- works.lps_change_work);
- ppsc->last_delaylps_stamp_jiffies =
- jiffies;
- }
-
- return true;
- }
- }
- } else if (ETH_P_ARP == ether_type) {
- if (is_tx) {
- rtlpriv->enter_ps = false;
- schedule_work(&rtlpriv->works.lps_change_work);
- ppsc->last_delaylps_stamp_jiffies = jiffies;
- }
-
- return true;
- } else if (ETH_P_PAE == ether_type) {
+ RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, (COMP_SEND | COMP_RECV), DBG_DMESG,
+ "dhcp %s !!\n", is_tx ? "Tx" : "Rx");
+ break;
+ }
+ case ETH_P_ARP:
+ break;
+ case ETH_P_PAE:
RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, (COMP_SEND | COMP_RECV), DBG_DMESG,
"802.1X %s EAPOL pkt!!\n", is_tx ? "Tx" : "Rx");
-
- if (is_tx) {
- rtlpriv->enter_ps = false;
- schedule_work(&rtlpriv->works.lps_change_work);
- ppsc->last_delaylps_stamp_jiffies = jiffies;
- }
-
- return true;
- } else if (ETH_P_IPV6 == ether_type) {
- /* IPv6 */
- return true;
+ break;
+ case ETH_P_IPV6:
+ /* TODO: Is this right? */
+ return false;
+ default:
+ return false;
}
-
- return false;
+ if (is_tx) {
+ rtlpriv->enter_ps = false;
+ schedule_work(&rtlpriv->works.lps_change_work);
+ ppsc->last_delaylps_stamp_jiffies = jiffies;
+ }
+ return true;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtl_is_special_data);
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
@@ -77,11 +77,7 @@
#define RTL_SLOT_TIME_9 9
#define RTL_SLOT_TIME_20 20
-/*related with tcp/ip. */
-/*if_ehther.h*/
-#define ETH_P_PAE 0x888E /*Port Access Entity (IEEE 802.1X) */
-#define ETH_P_IP 0x0800 /*Internet Protocol packet */
-#define ETH_P_ARP 0x0806 /*Address Resolution packet */
+/*related to tcp/ip. */
#define SNAP_SIZE 6
#define PROTOC_TYPE_SIZE 2
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mark.cave-ayland@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.12/rtlwifi-fix-endian-error-in-extracting-packet-type.patch
queue-3.12/rtlwifi-rtl8192cu-fix-more-pointer-arithmetic-errors.patch
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