From 9ec1190d065998650fd9260dea8cf3e1f56c0e8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:39:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: fix reordering of buffered broadcast packets If the buffered broadcast queue contains packets, letting new packets bypass that queue can lead to heavy reordering, since the driver is probably throttling transmission of buffered multicast packets after beacons. Keep buffering packets until the buffer has been cleared (and no client is in powersave mode). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/tx.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index e0ccee23fbcd..1f536ba573b4 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_multicast_ps_buf(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx) if (ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, QUEUE_CONTROL)) info->hw_queue = tx->sdata->vif.cab_queue; - /* no stations in PS mode */ - if (!atomic_read(&ps->num_sta_ps)) + /* no stations in PS mode and no buffered packets */ + if (!atomic_read(&ps->num_sta_ps) && skb_queue_empty(&ps->bc_buf)) return TX_CONTINUE; info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM;