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Revert "rt2800: use TXOP_BACKOFF for probe frames" 

This reverts commit fb47ada8dc.

In some situations when we set TXOP_BACKOFF, the probe frame is
not sent at all. What it worse then sending probe frame as part
of AMPDU and can degrade 11n performance to 11g rates.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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Stanislaw Gruszka 2018-05-28 13:25:06 +02:00 committed by Kalle Valo
parent 813477aa49
commit 52a1923629
1 changed files with 3 additions and 4 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
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@ -372,16 +372,15 @@ static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor_ht(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
/*
* Determine IFS values
* - Use TXOP_BACKOFF for probe and management frames except beacons
* - Use TXOP_BACKOFF for management frames except beacons
* - Use TXOP_SIFS for fragment bursts
* - Use TXOP_HTTXOP for everything else
*
* Note: rt2800 devices won't use CTS protection (if used)
* for frames not transmitted with TXOP_HTTXOP
*/
if ((ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) &&
!ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control)) ||
(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE))
if (ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) &&
!ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control))
txdesc->u.ht.txop = TXOP_BACKOFF;
else if (!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT))
txdesc->u.ht.txop = TXOP_SIFS;