Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f176.google.com ([209.85.214.176]:39861 "EHLO mail-ob0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752169AbbBZQFZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:05:25 -0500 Message-ID: <54EF4442.8020006@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20150226_170534_988955_86D9F8FB) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:05:22 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kalle Valo CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Stable , Alan Fisher Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Improve handling of IPv6 packets References: <1424791381-31863-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <87zj80de63.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> In-Reply-To: <87zj80de63.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/26/2015 06:56 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: > Larry Finger writes: > >> Routine rtl_is_special_data() is supposed to identify packets that need to >> use a low bit rate so that the probability of successful transmission is >> high. The current version has a bug that causes all IPv6 packets to be >> labelled as special, with a corresponding low rate of transmission. A >> complete fix will be quite intrusive, but until that is available, all >> IPv6 packets are identified as regular. >> >> This patch also removes a magic number. >> >> Reported-and-tested-by: Alan Fisher >> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger >> Cc: Stable [3.18+] >> Cc: Alan Fisher > > Should this go to 4.0? Yes. I should have indicated that in the subject. My expectation is that any patch that has a Cc for Stable should be applied as soon as possible. Larry