Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:40544 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751462Ab1BDHh6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Feb 2011 02:37:58 -0500 Received: by iwn9 with SMTP id 9so1889291iwn.19 for ; Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:37:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1296800640-6381-2-git-send-email-vnatarajan@atheros.com> References: <1296800640-6381-1-git-send-email-vnatarajan@atheros.com> <1296800640-6381-2-git-send-email-vnatarajan@atheros.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:37:38 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Fix a race on enabling power save. To: Vivek Natarajan Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Vivek Natarajan wrote: > There is a race of queuing a data frame before the tx completion > of nullfunc frame for enabling power save. This has caused a power > save state mismatch between the station and the AP. This patch > addresses this issue. > > Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan Not stable fix? What't the effect of not having this patch? The description could use some love to explain better what is observed in terms of metrics or loss. Luis