From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753824AbeFDHEh (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2018 03:04:37 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:56718 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751097AbeFDHEe (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2018 03:04:34 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Stanislaw Gruszka , Kalle Valo Subject: [PATCH 4.16 41/47] Revert "rt2800: use TXOP_BACKOFF for probe frames" Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 08:58:53 +0200 Message-Id: <20180604065551.208215055@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20180604065549.468488465@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20180604065549.468488465@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 X-stable: review MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Stanislaw Gruszka commit 52a192362932f333a7ebafd581c4d9b81da2fec8 upstream. This reverts commit fb47ada8dc3c30c8e7b415da155742b49536c61e. In some situations when we set TXOP_BACKOFF, the probe frame is not sent at all. What it worse then sending probe frame as part of AMPDU and can degrade 11n performance to 11g rates. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c @@ -372,16 +372,15 @@ static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descri /* * Determine IFS values - * - Use TXOP_BACKOFF for probe and management frames except beacons + * - Use TXOP_BACKOFF for management frames except beacons * - Use TXOP_SIFS for fragment bursts * - Use TXOP_HTTXOP for everything else * * Note: rt2800 devices won't use CTS protection (if used) * for frames not transmitted with TXOP_HTTXOP */ - if ((ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) && - !ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control)) || - (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE)) + if (ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) && + !ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control)) txdesc->u.ht.txop = TXOP_BACKOFF; else if (!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT)) txdesc->u.ht.txop = TXOP_SIFS;