From c4c205f3cd17b567b8e20098522416eac2e73960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Copeland Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:35:38 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: assign seqnums for group QoS frames According to 802.11-2012 9.3.2.10, paragraph 4, QoS data frames with a group address in the Address 1 field have sequence numbers allocated from the same counter as non-QoS data and management frames. Without this flag, some drivers may not assign sequence numbers, and in rare cases frames might get dropped. Set the control flag accordingly. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/tx.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index 098ae854ad3c..3456c0486b48 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -781,9 +781,11 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_sequence(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx) /* * Anything but QoS data that has a sequence number field * (is long enough) gets a sequence number from the global - * counter. + * counter. QoS data frames with a multicast destination + * also use the global counter (802.11-2012 9.3.2.10). */ - if (!ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control)) { + if (!ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control) || + is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1)) { /* driver should assign sequence number */ info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ; /* for pure STA mode without beacons, we can do it */ -- 2.39.5