mac80211: send null packet on active (psm) reconfiguration
The sta might be in psm against the ap (e.g. because
this was the before a hw restart), so we explicitly
send a null packet in order to make sure it'll
sync against the ap (and get out of psm).
Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 30d72e2..d82d886 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -1272,6 +1272,21 @@
ieee80211_recalc_ps(local, -1);
/*
+ * The sta might be in psm against the ap (e.g. because
+ * this was the state before a hw restart), so we
+ * explicitly send a null packet in order to make sure
+ * it'll sync against the ap (and get out of psm).
+ */
+ if (!(local->hw.conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_PS)) {
+ list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
+ if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+ continue;
+
+ ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
* Clear the WLAN_STA_BLOCK_BA flag so new aggregation
* sessions can be established after a resume.
*