linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 65/67] mac80211: ignore tx status for PS stations in ieee80211_tx_status

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Message-Id: <20181211151634.150129688@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:42:05 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 65/67] mac80211: ignore tx status for PS stations in ieee80211_tx_status_ext

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

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>

commit a317e65face482371de30246b6494feb093ff7f9 upstream.

Make it behave like regular ieee80211_tx_status calls, except for the lack of
filtered frame processing.
This fixes spurious low-ack triggered disconnections with powersave clients
connected to an AP.

Fixes: f027c2aca0cf4 ("mac80211: add ieee80211_tx_status_noskb")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 net/mac80211/status.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -953,6 +953,8 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status_ext(struct ieee
 			/* Track when last TDLS packet was ACKed */
 			if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_TDLS_PEER_AUTH))
 				sta->status_stats.last_tdls_pkt_time = jiffies;
+		} else if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA)) {
+			return;
 		} else {
 			ieee80211_lost_packet(sta, info);
 		}