2020-06-09 10:20:56

by Seevalamuthu Mariappan

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix dropping broadcast packets in 802.11 encap

Broadcast pkts like arp are getting dropped in 'ieee80211_8023_xmit'.
Fix this by replacing is_valid_ether_addr api with is_zero_ether_addr.

Fixes: 50ff477a8639 ("mac80211: add 802.11 encapsulation offloading support")
Signed-off-by: Seevalamuthu Mariappan <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/tx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index e9ce658..3374df0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -4206,7 +4206,7 @@ static void ieee80211_8023_xmit(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
(!sta || !test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_TDLS_PEER)))
ra = sdata->u.mgd.bssid;

- if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ra))
+ if (is_zero_ether_addr(ra))
goto out_free;

multicast = is_multicast_ether_addr(ra);
--
2.7.4