The patch below does not apply to the 3.15-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 dc271ee0d04d12d6bfabacbec803289a7072fbd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 20:46:35 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: disable CTS to Self
Firmware folks seem say that this flag can make trouble.
Drop it. The advantage of CTS to self is that it slightly
reduces the cost of the protection, but make the protection
less reliable.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [3.13+]
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c
index 8b5302777632..725ba49576bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c
@@ -667,10 +667,9 @@ static void iwl_mvm_mac_ctxt_cmd_common(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
if (vif->bss_conf.qos)
cmd->qos_flags |= cpu_to_le32(MAC_QOS_FLG_UPDATE_EDCA);
- if (vif->bss_conf.use_cts_prot) {
+ if (vif->bss_conf.use_cts_prot)
cmd->protection_flags |= cpu_to_le32(MAC_PROT_FLG_TGG_PROTECT);
- cmd->protection_flags |= cpu_to_le32(MAC_PROT_FLG_SELF_CTS_EN);
- }
+
IWL_DEBUG_RATE(mvm, "use_cts_prot %d, ht_operation_mode %d\n",
vif->bss_conf.use_cts_prot,
vif->bss_conf.ht_operation_mode);
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