linux-kernel - [012/289] ath9k: built-in rate control A-MPDU fix

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Date:	Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:56:29 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	BjÃ¶rn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@...atech.se>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [012/289] ath9k: built-in rate control A-MPDU fix

2.6.36-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Smedman?= <bjorn.smedman@...atech.se>

commit a8909cfb1832ac623142898df2a9374722cfe68f upstream.

This patch attempts to ensure that ath9k's built-in rate control algorithm
does not rely on the value of the ampdu_len and ampdu_ack_len tx status
fields unless the IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU flag is set.

This patch has not been tested.

Signed-off-by: Björn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@...atech.se>
Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -1359,6 +1359,12 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, st
 	if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED)
 		return;
 
+	if (!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU)) {
+		tx_info->status.ampdu_ack_len =
+			(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK ? 1 : 0);
+		tx_info->status.ampdu_len = 1;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If an underrun error is seen assume it as an excessive retry only
 	 * if max frame trigger level has been reached (2 KB for singel stream,


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