mac80211: fix powersaving clients races

The code to handle powersaving stations has a race:
when the powersave flag is lifted from a station,
we could transmit a packet that is being processed
for TX at the same time right away, even if there
are other frames queued for it. This would cause
frame reordering. To fix this, lift the flag only
under the appropriate lock that blocks TX.

Additionally, the code to allow drivers to block a
station while frames for it are on the HW queue is
never re-enabled the station, so traffic would get
stuck indefinitely. Fix this by clearing the flag
for this appropriately.

Finally, as an optimisation, don't do anything if
the driver unblocks an already unblocked station.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 902b03ee8f60..d2fcd22ab06d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1102,8 +1102,6 @@ static void ap_sta_ps_end(struct sta_info *sta)
 
 	atomic_dec(&sdata->bss->num_sta_ps);
 
-	clear_sta_flags(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: STA %pM aid %d exits power save mode\n",
 	       sdata->name, sta->sta.addr, sta->sta.aid);