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;
