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Björn Smedman 15d46f38df mac80211: minstrel_ht A-MPDU fix 
This patch fixes two problems with the minstrel_ht rate control
algorithms handling of A-MPDU frames:

1. The ampdu_len field of the tx status is not always initialized for
non-HT frames (and it would probably be unreasonable to require all
drivers to do so). This could cause rate control statistics to be
corrupted. We now trust the ampdu_len and ampdu_ack_len fields only when
the frame is marked with the IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU flag.

2. Successful transmission attempts where only recognized when the A-MPDU
subframe carrying the rate control status information was marked with the
IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK flag. If this information happed to be carried on a
frame that failed to be ACKed then the other subframes (which may have
succeeded) where not correctly registered. We now update rate control
statistics regardless of whether the subframe carrying the information was
ACKed or not.

Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Björn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@venatech.se>
Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-10-11 15:04:24 -04:00
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9p fs/9p: destroy fid on failed remove 2010-08-02 14:28:36 -05:00
802 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
8021q vlan_dev: VLAN 0 should be treated as "no vlan tag" (802.1p packet) 2010-07-18 15:38:44 -07:00
appletalk Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
atm ppp: make channel_ops const 2010-08-04 21:53:17 -07:00
ax25 net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix incorrect setting of remote_tx_win for L2CAP ERTM 2010-08-10 07:59:11 -04:00
bridge Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-08-02 22:22:46 -07:00
caif caif: precedence bug 2010-07-22 14:14:47 -07:00
can can-raw: Fix skb_orphan_try handling 2010-08-03 00:31:48 -07:00
core cfg80211: support sysfs namespaces 2010-08-16 15:26:40 -04:00
dcb
dccp net: dccp: fix sign bug 2010-07-18 15:07:14 -07:00
decnet net-next: remove useless union keyword 2010-06-10 23:31:35 -07:00
dsa Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
econet econet: fix locking 2010-06-11 18:37:08 -07:00
ethernet Net: ethernet: pe2.c: fix EXPORT_SYMBOL macro code style issue 2010-07-14 18:27:09 -07:00
ieee802154 ieee802154: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wpan_phy_alloc 2010-05-23 23:11:07 -07:00
ipv4 tcp: no md5sig option size check bug 2010-08-07 20:24:28 -07:00
ipv6 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-08-04 15:31:02 -07:00
ipx
irda ppp: make channel_ops const 2010-08-04 21:53:17 -07:00
iucv net: use __packed annotation 2010-06-03 03:21:52 -07:00
key pfkey: add severity to printk 2010-05-17 23:23:13 -07:00
l2tp ppp: make channel_ops const 2010-08-04 21:53:17 -07:00
lapb
llc Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-05-12 00:05:35 -07:00
mac80211 mac80211: minstrel_ht A-MPDU fix 2010-10-11 15:04:24 -04:00
netfilter Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-08-04 15:31:02 -07:00
netlabel net: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()s 2010-05-17 23:23:14 -07:00
netlink genetlink: introduce pre_doit/post_doit hooks 2010-10-05 13:35:30 -04:00
netrom net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
packet packet_mmap: expose hw packet timestamps to network packet capture utilities 2010-06-02 05:53:56 -07:00
phonet Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
rds net/rds: Add missing mutex_unlock 2010-05-29 00:18:48 -07:00
rfkill Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
rose net/rose: Use GFP_ATOMIC 2010-08-01 00:32:12 -07:00
rxrpc RxRPC: Fix a potential deadlock between the call resend_timer and state_lock 2010-08-04 21:53:16 -07:00
sched pkt_sched: Fix sch_sfq vs tcf_bind_filter oops 2010-08-07 22:45:41 -07:00
sctp Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-08-04 15:31:02 -07:00
sunrpc mm: add context argument to shrinker callback to remaining shrinkers 2010-07-21 15:33:01 +10:00
tipc tipc: Reduce footprint by un-inlining tipc_msg_* routines 2010-05-12 23:02:29 -07:00
unix drop_monitor: convert some kfree_skb call sites to consume_skb 2010-07-20 13:28:05 -07:00
wanrouter net: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex 2010-07-12 20:21:47 -07:00
wimax Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-05-20 21:04:44 -07:00
wireless cfg80211: add channel utilization stats to the survey command 2010-10-11 15:04:20 -04:00
x25 X25: Remove bkl in sockopts 2010-05-17 17:39:28 -07:00
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
compat.c From abbffa2aa9bd6f8df16d0d0a102af677510d8b9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 2010-06-03 20:03:40 -07:00
Kconfig wireless: Make COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES depend upon WEXT_CORE 2010-07-26 13:13:49 -07:00
Makefile net/Makefile: conditionally descend to wireless and ieee802154 2010-06-29 15:32:43 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()s 2010-05-17 23:23:14 -07:00
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