[PATCH 1/2] supplicant: Use high-priority queue for management packets.
greearb at candelatech.com
greearb
Mon Sep 9 11:49:04 PDT 2013
From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Without this patch, wpa_supplicant EAPOL packets (at least)
are sent on normal best-effort TX queue. I believe they
should be on the VO high-priority queue instead.
Signed-hostap: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
---
:100644 100644 1419830... cf2a7cc... M src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c
src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c b/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c
index 1419830..cf2a7cc 100644
--- a/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c
+++ b/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_linux.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct l2_packet_data * l2_packet_init(
struct l2_packet_data *l2;
struct ifreq ifr;
struct sockaddr_ll ll;
+ int val = (256 + 7);
l2 = os_zalloc(sizeof(struct l2_packet_data));
if (l2 == NULL)
@@ -146,6 +147,18 @@ struct l2_packet_data * l2_packet_init(
}
os_memcpy(l2->own_addr, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+
+ /* Use high-priority queue for management packets
+ * http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/queues
+ */
+ if (setsockopt(l2->fd, SOL_SOCKET,
+ SO_PRIORITY, (char*)&val, sizeof(val)) < 0) {
+ /* Carry on...this is not fatal. */
+ wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+ "l2_packet: sock priority sockopt (%i) failed\n",
+ val);
+ }
+
eloop_register_read_sock(l2->fd, l2_packet_receive, l2, NULL);
return l2;
--
1.7.3.4
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