mac80211: fix an eap frame handling bug in ath9k - fixes client mode rekeying issues

SVN-Revision: 19789

diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/560-ath9k_fix_eap_handling.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/560-ath9k_fix_eap_handling.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..d72fa97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/560-ath9k_fix_eap_handling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+@@ -1353,25 +1353,6 @@ static enum ath9k_pkt_type get_hw_packet
+       return htype;
+ }
+ 
+-static bool is_pae(struct sk_buff *skb)
+-{
+-      struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+-      __le16 fc;
+-
+-      hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
+-      fc = hdr->frame_control;
+-
+-      if (ieee80211_is_data(fc)) {
+-              if (ieee80211_is_nullfunc(fc) ||
+-                  /* Port Access Entity (IEEE 802.1X) */
+-                  (skb->protocol == cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_PAE))) {
+-                      return true;
+-              }
+-      }
+-
+-      return false;
+-}
+-
+ static int get_hw_crypto_keytype(struct sk_buff *skb)
+ {
+       struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+@@ -1610,7 +1591,7 @@ static int ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ie
+               bf->bf_frmlen -= padsize;
+       }
+ 
+-      if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf) && !is_pae(skb))
++      if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf))
+               bf->bf_state.bf_type |= BUF_HT;
+ 
+       bf->bf_flags = setup_tx_flags(sc, skb, txctl->txq);