mac80211: fix reordering of buffered broadcast packets

If the buffered broadcast queue contains packets, letting new packets bypass
that queue can lead to heavy reordering, since the driver is probably throttling
transmission of buffered multicast packets after beacons.

Keep buffering packets until the buffer has been cleared (and no client
is in powersave mode).

Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
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Felix Fietkau 2018-11-28 22:39:16 +01:00 • committed by Johannes Berg
commit 9ec1190d06

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@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_multicast_ps_buf(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
if (ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, QUEUE_CONTROL))
info->hw_queue = tx->sdata->vif.cab_queue;
/* no stations in PS mode */
if (!atomic_read(&ps->num_sta_ps))
/* no stations in PS mode and no buffered packets */
if (!atomic_read(&ps->num_sta_ps) && skb_queue_empty(&ps->bc_buf))
return TX_CONTINUE;
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM;