From 6c27c57755d3441a981d23c35aadcf2d215185a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:39:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/tx.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index e0ccee23fbcdb..1f536ba573b48 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_multicast_ps_buf(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx) if (ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, QUEUE_CONTROL)) info->hw_queue = tx->sdata->vif.cab_queue; - /* no stations in PS mode */ - if (!atomic_read(&ps->num_sta_ps)) + /* no stations in PS mode and no buffered packets */ + if (!atomic_read(&ps->num_sta_ps) && skb_queue_empty(&ps->bc_buf)) return TX_CONTINUE; info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM; -- 2.39.5