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mac80211: request TX status for BlockAck Requests

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Because ieee80211_tx_status in status.c checks if
outgoing BlockAck requests have been acked, it is
necessary to tell the driver that tx feedback for
this sort of frame is important.

Otherwise, the stack will continue to send the same
BlockAck request over and over, which can cause
the receiver to flush or clean its reorder buffer
over and over.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Christian Lamparter 2012-07-07 15:13:08 +02:00 committed by Johannes Berg
parent 4d6d0ae2a0
commit 2f7916f8d6
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@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn)
bar->control = cpu_to_le16(bar_control);
bar->start_seq_num = cpu_to_le16(ssn);
IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT;
IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT |
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS;
ieee80211_tx_skb_tid(sdata, skb, tid);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_send_bar);