netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Improve handling of IPv6 packets

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Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:05:22 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
CC:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, Alan Fisher <acf@...xcube.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Improve handling of IPv6 packets

On 02/26/2015 06:56 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> writes:
>
>> Routine rtl_is_special_data() is supposed to identify packets that need to
>> use a low bit rate so that the probability of successful transmission is
>> high. The current version has a bug that causes all IPv6 packets to be
>> labelled as special, with a corresponding low rate of transmission. A
>> complete fix will be quite intrusive, but until that is available, all
>> IPv6 packets are identified as regular.
>>
>> This patch also removes a magic number.
>>
>> Reported-and-tested-by: Alan Fisher <acf@...xcube.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
>> Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> [3.18+]
>> Cc: Alan Fisher <acf@...xcube.org>
>
> Should this go to 4.0?

Yes. I should have indicated that in the subject.

My expectation is that any patch that has a Cc for Stable should be applied as 
soon as possible.

Larry

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