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Emmanuel Grumbach 3b24f4c653 mac80211: let flush() drop packets when possible
When roaming / suspending, it makes no sense to wait until
the transmit queues of the device are empty. In extreme
condition they can be starved (VO saturating the air), but
even in regular cases, it is pointless to delay the roaming
because the low level driver is trying to send packets to
an AP which is far away. We'd rather drop these packets and
let TCP retransmit if needed. This will allow to speed up
the roaming.

For suspend, the explanation is even more trivial.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2015-01-14 09:31:18 +01:00
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6lowpan
9p
802
8021q
appletalk
atm put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
ax25
batman-adv
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
bridge
caif put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
can
ceph
core Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
dcb
dccp net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
decnet
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: propagate error code from dsa_slave_phy_setup 2014-12-11 21:00:08 -05:00
ethernet
hsr
ieee802154 Merge tag 'master-2014-12-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next 2014-12-09 18:12:03 -05:00
ipv4 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
ipx
irda irda: Convert function pointer arrays and uses to const 2014-12-10 15:33:16 -05:00
iucv net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
key
l2tp ip_generic_getfrag, udplite_getfrag: switch to passing msghdr 2014-12-09 16:28:22 -05:00
lapb
llc llc: Make llc_sap_action_t function pointer arrays const 2014-12-10 15:21:24 -05:00
mac80211 mac80211: let flush() drop packets when possible 2015-01-14 09:31:18 +01:00
mac802154
mpls
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
netlabel
netlink netlink: use jhash as hashfn for rhashtable 2014-12-10 15:17:45 -05:00
netrom
nfc Merge tag 'master-2014-12-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next 2014-12-09 18:12:03 -05:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-12-10 15:48:20 -05:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
phonet
rds net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
rfkill
rose
rxrpc net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-12-10 15:48:20 -05:00
sctp net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
sunrpc NFS client updates for Linux 3.19 2014-12-10 15:13:13 -08:00
switchdev
tipc tipc: fix broadcast wakeup contention after congestion 2014-12-10 14:45:33 -05:00
unix put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
vmw_vsock put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
wimax
wireless nl80211: support per-TID station statistics 2015-01-08 15:28:18 +01:00
x25
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2014-12-08 21:30:21 -05:00
compat.c put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
Kconfig
Makefile
nonet.c
socket.c put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
sysctl_net.c