From: Felix Fietkau Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:49:09 +0000 (+0000) Subject: mac80211: fix data alignment of management frames / beacons X-Git-Tag: reboot~2353 X-Git-Url: http://git.lede-project.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38646926a2c5b872ca9da1105a0f13d341d08901;p=openwrt%2Fstaging%2Fxback.git mac80211: fix data alignment of management frames / beacons Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau SVN-Revision: 46532 --- diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/309-mac80211-make-local-tx_headroom-a-multiple-of-4.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/309-mac80211-make-local-tx_headroom-a-multiple-of-4.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e8e96173f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/309-mac80211-make-local-tx_headroom-a-multiple-of-4.patch @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +From: Felix Fietkau +Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:12:25 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: make local->tx_headroom a multiple of 4 + +This ensures that mac80211 generated management frames and beacons are +aligned before being passed to the driver + +Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau +--- + +--- a/net/mac80211/main.c ++++ b/net/mac80211/main.c +@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee802 + */ + local->tx_headroom = max_t(unsigned int , local->hw.extra_tx_headroom, + IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM); ++ local->tx_headroom = ALIGN(local->tx_headroom, 4); + + debugfs_hw_add(local); +