linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.10 092/143] Revert "iwlwifi: dvm: dont enable CTS to self"

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Date:	Fri,  3 Oct 2014 14:34:47 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.10 092/143] Revert "iwlwifi: dvm: dont enable CTS to self"

3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>

commit f47f46d7b09cf1d09e4b44b6cc4dd7d68a08028c upstream.

This reverts commit 43d826ca5979927131685cc2092c7ce862cb91cd.

This commit caused packet loss.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rxon.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rxon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/rxon.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,13 @@ int iwlagn_commit_rxon(struct iwl_priv *
 	/* recalculate basic rates */
 	iwl_calc_basic_rates(priv, ctx);
 
+	/*
+	 * force CTS-to-self frames protection if RTS-CTS is not preferred
+	 * one aggregation protection method
+	 */
+	if (!priv->hw_params.use_rts_for_aggregation)
+		ctx->staging.flags |= RXON_FLG_SELF_CTS_EN;
+
 	if ((ctx->vif && ctx->vif->bss_conf.use_short_slot) ||
 	    !(ctx->staging.flags & RXON_FLG_BAND_24G_MSK))
 		ctx->staging.flags |= RXON_FLG_SHORT_SLOT_MSK;
@@ -1477,6 +1484,11 @@ void iwlagn_bss_info_changed(struct ieee
 	else
 		ctx->staging.flags &= ~RXON_FLG_TGG_PROTECT_MSK;
 
+	if (bss_conf->use_cts_prot)
+		ctx->staging.flags |= RXON_FLG_SELF_CTS_EN;
+	else
+		ctx->staging.flags &= ~RXON_FLG_SELF_CTS_EN;
+
 	memcpy(ctx->staging.bssid_addr, bss_conf->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||


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