On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 03:33:56PM +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>
I've also grabbed 060167729a78 ("mac80211: add option for setting
control flags") for 4.19.
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Thanks,
Sasha
