[PATCH 5.10 055/593] mac80211: remove iwlwifi specific workaround that broke sta NDP tx

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jul 12 2021 - 02:42:14 EST


From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>

commit e41eb3e408de27982a5f8f50b2dd8002bed96908 upstream.

Sending nulldata packets is important for sw AP link probing and detecting
4-address mode links. The checks that dropped these packets were apparently
added to work around an iwlwifi firmware bug with multi-TID aggregation.

Fixes: 41cbb0f5a295 ("mac80211: add support for HE")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210619101517.90806-1-nbd@xxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c | 3 +++
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 9 ---------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -1085,6 +1085,9 @@ static int iwl_mvm_tx_mpdu(struct iwl_mv
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mvmsta->sta_id == IWL_MVM_INVALID_STA))
return -1;

+ if (unlikely(ieee80211_is_any_nullfunc(fc)) && sta->he_cap.has_he)
+ return -1;
+
if (unlikely(ieee80211_is_probe_resp(fc)))
iwl_mvm_probe_resp_set_noa(mvm, skb);

--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1094,11 +1094,6 @@ void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee
struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr *nullfunc;
struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;

- /* Don't send NDPs when STA is connected HE */
- if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
- !(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE))
- return;
-
skb = ieee80211_nullfunc_get(&local->hw, &sdata->vif,
!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP));
if (!skb)
@@ -1130,10 +1125,6 @@ static void ieee80211_send_4addr_nullfun
if (WARN_ON(sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION))
return;

- /* Don't send NDPs when connected HE */
- if (!(sdata->u.mgd.flags & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE))
- return;
-
skb = dev_alloc_skb(local->hw.extra_tx_headroom + 30);
if (!skb)
return;