| Message ID | 20180210122034.88455-1-nbd@nbd.name (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | Johannes Berg |
| Headers | show |
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 906e90223066..c96511fa9198 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -4149,7 +4149,7 @@ void ieee80211_sta_uapsd_trigger(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u8 tid); * The TX headroom reserved by mac80211 for its own tx_status functions. * This is enough for the radiotap header. */ -#define IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM 14 +#define IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM ALIGN(14, 4) /** * ieee80211_sta_set_buffered - inform mac80211 about driver-buffered frames
This ensures that mac80211 allocated management frames are properly aligned, which makes copying them more efficient. For instance, mt76 uses iowrite32_copy to copy beacon frames to beacon template memory on the chip. Misaligned 32-bit accesses cause CPU exceptions on MIPS and should be avoided. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> --- include/net/mac80211.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)