This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: vt6656: use NULLFUCTION stack on mac80211
to my staging git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
in the staging-next branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will also be merged in the next major kernel release
during the merge window.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
>From d579c43c82f093e63639151625b2139166c730fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 21:41:20 +0000
Subject: staging: vt6656: use NULLFUCTION stack on mac80211
It appears that the drivers does not go into power save correctly the
NULL data packets are not being transmitted because it not enabled
in mac80211.
The driver needs to capture ieee80211_is_nullfunc headers and
copy the duration_id to it's own duration data header.
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/610971ae-555b-a6c3-61b3-444a0c1e35b4@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c | 1 +
drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c | 14 +++++---------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
index 4ac85ecb0921..131100510bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ vt6656_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
ieee80211_hw_set(priv->hw, RX_INCLUDES_FCS);
ieee80211_hw_set(priv->hw, REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS);
ieee80211_hw_set(priv->hw, SUPPORTS_PS);
+ ieee80211_hw_set(priv->hw, PS_NULLFUNC_STACK);
priv->hw->max_signal = 100;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
index 39b557511b24..29caba728906 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
@@ -278,11 +278,9 @@ static u16 vnt_rxtx_datahead_g(struct vnt_usb_send_context *tx_context,
PK_TYPE_11B, &buf->b);
/* Get Duration and TimeStamp */
- if (ieee80211_is_pspoll(hdr->frame_control)) {
- __le16 dur = cpu_to_le16(priv->current_aid | BIT(14) | BIT(15));
-
- buf->duration_a = dur;
- buf->duration_b = dur;
+ if (ieee80211_is_nullfunc(hdr->frame_control)) {
+ buf->duration_a = hdr->duration_id;
+ buf->duration_b = hdr->duration_id;
} else {
buf->duration_a = vnt_get_duration_le(priv,
tx_context->pkt_type, need_ack);
@@ -371,10 +369,8 @@ static u16 vnt_rxtx_datahead_ab(struct vnt_usb_send_context *tx_context,
tx_context->pkt_type, &buf->ab);
/* Get Duration and TimeStampOff */
- if (ieee80211_is_pspoll(hdr->frame_control)) {
- __le16 dur = cpu_to_le16(priv->current_aid | BIT(14) | BIT(15));
-
- buf->duration = dur;
+ if (ieee80211_is_nullfunc(hdr->frame_control)) {
+ buf->duration = hdr->duration_id;
} else {
buf->duration = vnt_get_duration_le(priv, tx_context->pkt_type,
need_ack);
--
2.24.1
