| From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | [PATCH 3.13 023/149] mac80211: send control port protocol frames to the VO queue | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:03:06 -0700 |
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3.13-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
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 <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
--- net/mac80211/wme.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
--- a/net/mac80211/wme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/wme.c @@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ u16 ieee80211_select_queue(struct ieee80 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);
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