Re: [PATCH 4.20 018/352] ath9k: dynack: use authentication messages for late ack

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 04:48:30PM +0100, Koen Vandeputte wrote:
> 
> On 11.02.19 15:14, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 4.20-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 3831a2a0010c72e3956020cbf1057a1701a2e469 ]
> > 
> > In order to properly support dynack in ad-hoc mode running
> > wpa_supplicant, take into account authentication frames for
> > 'late ack' detection. This patch has been tested on devices
> > mounted on offshore high-voltage stations connected through
> > ~24Km link
> > 
> > Reported-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dynack.c | 3 ++-
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dynack.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dynack.c
> > index 7334c9b09e82..cc0dc966c512 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dynack.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/dynack.c
> > @@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ void ath_dynack_sample_tx_ts(struct ath_hw *ah, struct sk_buff *skb,
> >   	/* late ACK */
> >   	if (ts->ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_XRETRY) {
> >   		if (ieee80211_is_assoc_req(hdr->frame_control) ||
> > -		    ieee80211_is_assoc_resp(hdr->frame_control)) {
> > +		    ieee80211_is_assoc_resp(hdr->frame_control) ||
> > +		    ieee80211_is_auth(hdr->frame_control)) {
> >   			ath_dbg(common, DYNACK, "late ack\n");
> >   			ath9k_hw_setslottime(ah, (LATEACK_TO - 3) / 2);
> >   			ath9k_hw_set_ack_timeout(ah, LATEACK_TO);
> 
> Dear Greg,
> 
> No idea if this is the proper location to report this or if I should inform
> stable@xxxxxx , but:
> 
> This backport alone is useless without backporting following 2 commits below
> also, unless the 2 wifi devices using dynack start off at very close
> distance.
> 
> Their commits messages indicate them as improvements, but they should be
> considered as fixes.
> 
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=0c60c490830a1a756c80f8de8d33d9c6359d4a36
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=9d3d65a91f027b8a9af5e63752d9b78cb10eb92d
> 
> 
> It's safe to add them to all stables involved (4.20, 4.19, 4.14, 4.9)

Thanks, that looks reasonable, now queued up.

greg k-h