Patch "staging: vt6655: device_free_tx_buf use only ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe" has been added to the 4.0-stable tree

Patch "staging: vt6655: device_free_tx_buf use only ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe" has been added to the 4.0-stable tree

[gregkh]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    staging: vt6655: device_free_tx_buf use only ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe

to the 4.0-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     staging-vt6655-device_free_tx_buf-use-only-ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.0 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 3fa0917beb29d886550fcf61a6378563d1ce9684 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 20:53:43 +0100
Subject: staging: vt6655: device_free_tx_buf use only ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe

From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>

commit 3fa0917beb29d886550fcf61a6378563d1ce9684 upstream.

TD_FLAGS_NETIF_SKB is only for data.

Fixes issue of ack frames not being reported.

Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
@@ -988,10 +988,8 @@ static void device_free_tx_buf(struct vn
 				 PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
 	}
 
-	if (pTDInfo->byFlags & TD_FLAGS_NETIF_SKB)
+	if (skb)
 		ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(pDevice->hw, skb);
-	else
-		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 
 	pTDInfo->skb_dma = 0;
 	pTDInfo->skb = NULL;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tvboxspy@gmail.com are

queue-4.0/staging-vt6655-vnt_tx_packet-correct-tx-order-of-owned_by_nic.patch
queue-4.0/staging-vt6655-device_free_tx_buf-use-only-ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe.patch
queue-4.0/staging-vt6656-use-ieee80211_tx_info-to-select-packet-type.patch
queue-4.0/staging-vt6655-implement-ieee80211_tx_stat_noack_transmitted.patch
queue-4.0/staging-vt6655-fix-80211-control-and-management-status-reporting.patch
queue-4.0/staging-vt6655-lock-macvwritebssidaddress.patch