From da629cf111a2b9a182d1b43f03f2cb0d3f258af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Helmut Schaa Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 17:42:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Don't buffer non-bufferable MMPDUs Non-bufferable MMPDUs are sent out to STAs even while in PS mode (for example probe responses). Applying filtered frame handling for these doesn't seem to make much sense and will only create more air utilization when the STA wakes up. Hence, apply filtered frame handling only for bufferable MMPDUs. Discovered while testing an old VOIP phone that started probing for APs while in PS mode. The mac80211/ath9k AP where the STA is associated would reply with a probe response but the phone sometimes moved to a new channel already and couldn't ack the probe response anymore. In that case mac80211 applied filtered frame handling for the un-acked probe response. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/status.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c index 5bad05e9af90..6101deb805a8 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/status.c +++ b/net/mac80211/status.c @@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ static void ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data; int ac; + if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER) { + ieee80211_free_txskb(&local->hw, skb); + return; + } + /* * This skb 'survived' a round-trip through the driver, and * hopefully the driver didn't mangle it too badly. However,