---

yaml
---
r: 136185
b: refs/heads/master
c: 3cf335d
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  136183: b9826af
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af83debf5bb44257082d4489ac86123a0cadf6d3
+refs/heads/master: 3cf335d527ba6af80f4143f3c9e5136afdb143af

trunk/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h

@@ -1083,6 +1083,8 @@ void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer(unsigned long data);
 void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 			     struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			     int powersave);
+void ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+			     struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr);
 
 void ieee80211_wake_queues_by_reason(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				     enum queue_stop_reason reason);

trunk/net/mac80211/mlme.c

@@ -909,6 +909,21 @@ static void ieee80211_associate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	mod_timer(&ifmgd->timer, jiffies + IEEE80211_ASSOC_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
+void ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+			     struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We can postpone the mgd.timer whenever receiving unicast frames
+	 * from AP because we know that the connection is working both ways
+	 * at that time. But multicast frames (and hence also beacons) must
+	 * be ignored here, because we need to trigger the timer during
+	 * data idle periods for sending the periodical probe request to
+	 * the AP.
+	 */
+	if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1))
+		mod_timer(&sdata->u.mgd.timer,
+			  jiffies + IEEE80211_MONITORING_INTERVAL);
+}
 
 static void ieee80211_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {

trunk/net/mac80211/rx.c

@@ -856,6 +856,9 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 	if (!(rx->flags & IEEE80211_RX_RA_MATCH))
 		return RX_CONTINUE;
 
+	if (rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+		ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(rx->sdata, hdr);
+
 	sta->rx_fragments++;
 	sta->rx_bytes += rx->skb->len;
 	sta->last_signal = rx->status->signal;