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 08:22:32 +0000 (09:22 +0100)
commitfd87821b4b5a12c70c4411602844a0246b44e630
tree9515ca974d0ac978f892a3d3d723b5cc0e1f8f5f
parent302846379cba7766bf4c1bcf0cebd3aa52004fc5
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