From cffeb31107e27a48ddaf4953590acdefc66f2de9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 15:08:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: backport an upstream fix for queue start/stop handling Fixes issues with 802.11s Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau --- ...tionally-start-new-netdev-queues-wit.patch | 29 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/325-mac80211-unconditionally-start-new-netdev-queues-wit.patch diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/325-mac80211-unconditionally-start-new-netdev-queues-wit.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/325-mac80211-unconditionally-start-new-netdev-queues-wit.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ff7bbcb645 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/325-mac80211-unconditionally-start-new-netdev-queues-wit.patch @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +From: Johannes Berg +Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:15:24 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: unconditionally start new netdev queues with iTXQ + support + +When internal mac80211 TXQs aren't supported, netdev queues must +always started out started even when driver queues are stopped +while the interface is added. This is necessary because with the +internal TXQ support netdev queues are never stopped and packet +scheduling/dropping is done in mac80211. + +Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.9+ +Fixes: 80a83cfc434b1 ("mac80211: skip netdev queue control with software queuing") +Reported-and-tested-by: Sven Eckelmann +Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg +--- + +--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c ++++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c +@@ -727,7 +727,8 @@ int ieee80211_do_open(struct wireless_de + ieee80211_recalc_ps(local); + + if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR || +- sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) { ++ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN || ++ local->ops->wake_tx_queue) { + /* XXX: for AP_VLAN, actually track AP queues */ + netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev); + } else if (dev) { -- 2.25.1