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mac80211: fix reordering of buffered broadcast packets
authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:39:16 +0000 (22:39 +0100)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Wed, 5 Dec 2018 11:29:35 +0000 (12:29 +0100)
commitd8908362258a3cd15488d13ca6693a00374ccc5b
treee736f17bc5b82ac7246938bd76c08bcc1bc2b314
parent068017e6a09750ecb749f060d956353e57d31e2d
mac80211: fix reordering of buffered broadcast packets

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>
net/mac80211/tx.c