Re: [PATCH 2/2] iwlwifi: mvm: Avoid deffering non bufferable frames

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Luca Coelho <luca@coelho.fi> writes:

> From: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@intel.com>
>
> Use bcast station for all non bufferable frames on AP and AD-HOC.
>
> The host is no longer aware of STAs PS status because of buffer
> station offload, so we can't rely on mac80211 to toggle on
> IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER bit.
>
> A possible issue with buffering such frames, beside the obvious spec
> violation, is when a station disconnects while in PS but the AP isn't
> aware of that. In such scenarios the AP won't be able to send probe
> responses or auth frames so the STA won't be able to reconnect and
> the AP will have a queue hang.
>
> Fixes: 3e56eadfb6a1 ("iwlwifi: mvm: implement AP/GO uAPSD support")
> Signed-off-by: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>

"deffering"? Should it be deferring?

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Kalle Valo