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mac80211: clear txflags for ps-filtered frames
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This patch fixes stale mac80211_tx_control_flags for
filtered / retried frames.

Because ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame feeds skbs back
into the tx path, they have to be stripped of some tx
flags so they won't confuse the stack, driver or device.

Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Christian Lamparter authored and John W. Linville committed Sep 24, 2010
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions include/net/mac80211.h
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Expand Up @@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
* @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC: tells the driver to use LDPC for this frame
* @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC: Enables Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) for this
* frame and selects the maximum number of streams that it can use.
*
* Note: If you have to add new flags to the enumeration, then don't
* forget to update %IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS when necessary.
*/
enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0),
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#define IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT 23

/*
* This definition is used as a mask to clear all temporary flags, which are
* set by the tx handlers for each transmission attempt by the mac80211 stack.
*/
#define IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS (IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK | \
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT | \
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU | \
IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK | \
IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK | \
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PSPOLL_RESPONSE | \
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC | \
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC)

/**
* enum mac80211_rate_control_flags - per-rate flags set by the
* Rate Control algorithm.
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions net/mac80211/status.c
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Expand Up @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static void ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame(struct ieee80211_local *local,
info->control.vif = &sta->sdata->vif;
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING |
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION;
info->flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS;

sta->tx_filtered_count++;

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