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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)
commit6c27c57755d3441a981d23c35aadcf2d215185a3
treee736f17bc5b82ac7246938bd76c08bcc1bc2b314
parentfcbc64ffe39b7a7fa0b14fad51068776a5c1fca8
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