Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:56963 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752983AbbBZM4m (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:56:42 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: Larry Finger 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> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:56:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1424791381-31863-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> (Larry Finger's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:23:01 -0600") Message-ID: <87zj80de63.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150226_135649_738308_1935FB3F) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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? -- Kalle Valo