[PATCH 3.19 50/75] rtlwifi: Improve handling of IPv6 packets

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

3.19-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit c8f0345586694a33f828bc6b177fb21eb1702325 upstream.

Routine rtl_is_special_data() is supposed to identify packets that need to
use a low bit rate so that the probability of successful transmission is
high. The current version has a bug that causes all IPv6 packets to be
labelled as special, with a corresponding low rate of transmission. A
complete fix will be quite intrusive, but until that is available, all
IPv6 packets are identified as regular.

This patch also removes a magic number.

Reported-and-tested-by: Alan Fisher <acf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Fisher <acf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c
@@ -1314,8 +1314,11 @@ u8 rtl_is_special_data(struct ieee80211_
 		}
 
 		return true;
-	} else if (0x86DD == ether_type) {
-		return true;
+	} else if (ETH_P_IPV6 == ether_type) {
+		/* TODO: Handle any IPv6 cases that need special handling.
+		 * For now, always return false
+		 */
+		goto end;
 	}
 
 end:


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