ath5k: capture CCK and OFDM restarts
Treat frames that underwent a CCK or OFDM restart as frames with an invalid CRC.
Signed-off-by: Mathy Vanhoef <vanhoefm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 5839a34..8ad2550 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1462,7 +1462,20 @@
ah->stats.rxerr_phy++;
if (rs->rs_phyerr > 0 && rs->rs_phyerr < 32)
ah->stats.rxerr_phy_code[rs->rs_phyerr]++;
- return false;
+
+ /*
+ * Treat packets that underwent a CCK or OFDM reset as having a bad CRC.
+ * These restarts happen when the radio resynchronizes to a stronger frame
+ * while receiving a weaker frame. Here we receive the prefix of the weak
+ * frame. Since these are incomplete packets, mark their CRC as invalid.
+ */
+ if (rs->rs_phyerr == AR5K_RX_PHY_ERROR_OFDM_RESTART ||
+ rs->rs_phyerr == AR5K_RX_PHY_ERROR_CCK_RESTART) {
+ rs->rs_status |= AR5K_RXERR_CRC;
+ rs->rs_status &= ~AR5K_RXERR_PHY;
+ } else {
+ return false;
+ }
}
if (rs->rs_status & AR5K_RXERR_DECRYPT) {
/*