From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753319AbaDAQYc (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Apr 2014 12:24:32 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:44669 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751731AbaDAQQF (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Apr 2014 12:16:05 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Felix Fietkau , Johannes Berg , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 3.8 23/86] mac80211: send control port protocol frames to the VO queue Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 09:07:36 -0700 Message-Id: <1396368519-12728-24-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.2 In-Reply-To: <1396368519-12728-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1396368519-12728-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.8.13.21 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Felix Fietkau commit 1bf4bbb4024dcdab5e57634dd8ae1072d42a53ac upstream. Improves reliability of wifi connections with WPA, since authentication frames are prioritized over normal traffic and also typically exempt from aggregation. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- net/mac80211/wme.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/wme.c b/net/mac80211/wme.c index 906f00c..8fa9cc6 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/wme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/wme.c @@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ u16 ieee80211_select_queue(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, return IEEE80211_AC_BE; } + if (skb->protocol == sdata->control_port_protocol) { + skb->priority = 7; + return ieee80211_downgrade_queue(sdata, skb); + } + /* use the data classifier to determine what 802.1d tag the * data frame has */ skb->priority = cfg80211_classify8021d(skb); -- 1.8.3.2