From c0bec2b3150cfb15a296d1bcefb44f24afdca6d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:00:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: send wpa frames through the WMM voice queue - improves connection reliability Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau SVN-Revision: 39572 --- .../mac80211/patches/300-pending_work.patch | 27 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/300-pending_work.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/300-pending_work.patch index 52db79f408..a790183f74 100644 --- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/300-pending_work.patch +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/300-pending_work.patch @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +commit 82ed9e3ccc02797df2ffe4b78127c4cd5f799a41 +Author: Felix Fietkau +Date: Tue Feb 11 15:54:13 2014 +0100 + + mac80211: send control port protocol frames to the VO queue + + Improves reliability of wifi connections with WPA, since authentication + frames are prioritized over normal traffic and also typically exempt + from aggregation. + + Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org + Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau + commit d4426800f71e972feaa33e04c5801fc730627bdd Author: Stanislaw Gruszka Date: Mon Feb 10 22:38:28 2014 +0100 @@ -2705,3 +2718,17 @@ Date: Thu Jan 23 20:06:34 2014 +0100 bool rfkill_off; u16 seqno; }; +--- a/net/mac80211/wme.c ++++ b/net/mac80211/wme.c +@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ u16 ieee80211_select_queue(struct ieee80 + return IEEE80211_AC_BE; + } + ++ if (skb->protocol == sdata->control_port_protocol) { ++ skb->priority = 7; ++ return ieee80211_downgrade_queue(sdata, skb); ++ } ++ + /* use the data classifier to determine what 802.1d tag the + * data frame has */ + rcu_read_lock(); -- 2.25.1