Currently whenever rts thresold is set, every packet will use RTS
protection no matter its size exceeds the threshold or not. This is
due to a bug in the rts threshold check.
if (len > tx->local->hw.wiphy->rts_threshold) {
txrc.rts = rts = true;
}
Basically it is comparing an int (len) and a u32 (rts_threshold),
and the variable len is assigned as:
len = min_t(int, tx->skb->len + FCS_LEN,
tx->local->hw.wiphy->frag_threshold);
However, when frag_threshold is "-1", len is always "-1", which is
0xffffffff therefore rts is always set to true.
CC: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Shanyu Zhao <shanyu.zhao@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)tx->skb->data;
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
struct ieee80211_rate *rate;
- int i, len;
+ int i;
+ u32 len;
bool inval = false, rts = false, short_preamble = false;
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control txrc;
u32 sta_flags;
sband = tx->local->hw.wiphy->bands[tx->channel->band];
- len = min_t(int, tx->skb->len + FCS_LEN,
+ len = min_t(u32, tx->skb->len + FCS_LEN,
tx->local->hw.wiphy->frag_threshold);
/* set up the tx rate control struct we give the RC algo */