mac80211: Fix unresolved mesh frames queued without valid control.vif
Mesh frames that could not be immediately resolved were queued with a NULL
info->control.vif. This patch moves the call to mesh_nexthop_lookup closer to
the point where it is handed over to ieee80211_tx(). This ensures that the
unresolved frames are ready to be sent once the path is resolved.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index ee8aa76f..0c08d1e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1412,14 +1412,7 @@
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS;
- if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif) &&
- ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control)) {
- if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1))
- if (mesh_nexthop_lookup(skb, sdata)) {
- dev_put(sdata->dev);
- return;
- }
- } else if (unlikely(sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)) {
+ if (unlikely(sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)) {
int hdrlen;
u16 len_rthdr;
@@ -1476,6 +1469,15 @@
info->control.vif = &sdata->vif;
+ if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif) &&
+ ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control) &&
+ !is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1))
+ if (mesh_nexthop_lookup(skb, sdata)) {
+ /* skb queued: don't free */
+ dev_put(sdata->dev);
+ return;
+ }
+
ieee80211_select_queue(local, skb);
ieee80211_tx(sdata, skb, false);
dev_put(sdata->dev);