FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mac80211: set IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PORT_CTRL_PROTO for nl80211" failed to apply to 4.19-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-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 b95d2ccd2ccb834394d50347d0e40dc38a954e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:53:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: set IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PORT_CTRL_PROTO for nl80211
 TX

When a frame is transmitted via the nl80211 TX rather than as a
normal frame, IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PORT_CTRL_PROTO wasn't set and
this will lead to wrong decisions (rate control etc.) being made
about the frame; fix this.

Fixes: 911806491425 ("mac80211: Add support for tx_control_port")
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200326155333.f183f52b02f0.I4054e2a8c11c2ddcb795a0103c87be3538690243@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 455eb8e6a459..d9cca6dbd870 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright 2006-2007	Jiri Benc <jbenc@xxxxxxx>
  * Copyright 2007	Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  * Copyright 2013-2014  Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, 2020 Intel Corporation
  *
  * Transmit and frame generation functions.
  */
@@ -5149,6 +5149,7 @@ int ieee80211_tx_control_port(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ethhdr *ehdr;
+	u32 ctrl_flags = 0;
 	u32 flags;
 
 	/* Only accept CONTROL_PORT_PROTOCOL configured in CONNECT/ASSOCIATE
@@ -5158,6 +5159,9 @@ int ieee80211_tx_control_port(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	    proto != cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_PREAUTH))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (proto == sdata->control_port_protocol)
+		ctrl_flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PORT_CTRL_PROTO;
+
 	if (unencrypted)
 		flags = IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT;
 	else
@@ -5183,7 +5187,7 @@ int ieee80211_tx_control_port(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
-	__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(skb, skb->dev, flags, 0);
+	__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(skb, skb->dev, flags, ctrl_flags);
 	local_bh_enable();
 
 	return 0;




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