mac80211: request TX status for BlockAck Requests

Because ieee80211_tx_status in status.c checks if
outgoing BlockAck requests have been acked, it is
necessary to tell the driver that tx feedback for
this sort of frame is important.

Otherwise, the stack will continue to send the same
BlockAck request over and over, which can cause
the receiver to flush or clean its reorder buffer
over and over.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index 5cc1bf7d8033..d0deb3edae21 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn)
         bar->control = cpu_to_le16(bar_control);
         bar->start_seq_num = cpu_to_le16(ssn);
 
-        IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT;
+        IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT |
+                                        IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS;
         ieee80211_tx_skb_tid(sdata, skb, tid);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_send_bar);