mac80211: fix reordering of buffered broadcast packets
authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:39:16 +0000 (22:39 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:16:23 +0000 (09:16 +0100)
commite9f8baa38c2ac4e2be680ce3a8897a162d660664
tree07abb39aa30f2de017550b9801f20b5faf272f76
parent50749911b1cc6ab2534139ea72d81396e18e5f44
mac80211: fix reordering of buffered broadcast packets

commit 9ec1190d065998650fd9260dea8cf3e1f56c0e8c upstream.

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 <nbd@nbd.name>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/mac80211/tx.c