From 9143cf5fc9e06af4a9bcf07f0009666ccf66961f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:24:14 +0000 Subject: mac80211: merge a few performance enhancements Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau SVN-Revision: 44910 --- ...on-t-look-up-stations-for-multicast-addres.patch | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-don-t-look-up-stations-for-multicast-addres.patch (limited to 'package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-don-t-look-up-stations-for-multicast-addres.patch') diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-don-t-look-up-stations-for-multicast-addres.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-don-t-look-up-stations-for-multicast-addres.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7a039d627a --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/310-mac80211-don-t-look-up-stations-for-multicast-addres.patch @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +From: Johannes Berg +Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:28:18 +0100 +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: don't look up stations for multicast addresses + +Since multicast addresses don't exist as stations, don't attempt +to look them up in the hashtable on TX. + +Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg +--- + +--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c ++++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c +@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_prepare(struct ieee80211_su + tx->sdata->control_port_protocol == tx->skb->protocol) { + tx->sta = sta_info_get_bss(sdata, hdr->addr1); + } +- if (!tx->sta) ++ if (!tx->sta && !is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1)) + tx->sta = sta_info_get(sdata, hdr->addr1); + + if (tx->sta && ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control) && -- cgit v1.2.3