[patch 11/38] iwlagn: fix "Received BA when not expected"

[Greg KH]

2.6.38-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit bfd36103ec26599557c2bd3225a1f1c9267f8fcb upstream.

Need to use broadcast sta_id for management frames, otherwise we broke
BA session in the firmware and get messages like that:

"Received BA when not expected"

or (on older kernels):

"BA scd_flow 0 does not match txq_id 10"

This fix regression introduced in 2.6.35 during station management
code rewrite by:

commit 2a87c26bbe9587baeb9e56d3ce0b4971bd777643
Author: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Fri Apr 30 11:30:45 2010 -0700

    iwlwifi: use iwl_find_station less

Patch partially resolve:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16691
However, there are still 11n performance problems on 4965 and 5xxx
devices that need to be investigated.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c |   17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c
@@ -561,12 +561,17 @@ int iwlagn_tx_skb(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 
 	hdr_len = ieee80211_hdrlen(fc);
 
-	/* Find index into station table for destination station */
-	sta_id = iwl_sta_id_or_broadcast(priv, ctx, info->control.sta);
-	if (sta_id == IWL_INVALID_STATION) {
-		IWL_DEBUG_DROP(priv, "Dropping - INVALID STATION: %pM\n",
-			       hdr->addr1);
-		goto drop_unlock;
+	/* For management frames use broadcast id to do not break aggregation */
+	if (!ieee80211_is_data(fc))
+		sta_id = ctx->bcast_sta_id;
+	else {
+		/* Find index into station table for destination station */
+		sta_id = iwl_sta_id_or_broadcast(priv, ctx, info->control.sta);
+		if (sta_id == IWL_INVALID_STATION) {
+			IWL_DEBUG_DROP(priv, "Dropping - INVALID STATION: %pM\n",
+				       hdr->addr1);
+			goto drop_unlock;
+		}
 	}
 
 	IWL_DEBUG_TX(priv, "station Id %d\n", sta_id);


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