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Miri Korenblit 1a222625b4 wifi: iwlwifi: mld: always take beacon ies in link grading
One of the factors of a link's grade is the channel load, which is
calculated from the AP's bss load element.
The current code takes this element from the beacon for an active link,
and from bss->ies for an inactive link.

bss->ies is set to either the beacon's ies or to the probe response
ones, with preference to the probe response (meaning that if there was
even one probe response, the ies of it will be stored in bss->ies and
won't be overiden by the beacon ies).

The probe response can be very old, i.e. from the connection time,
where a beacon is updated before each link selection (which is
triggered only after a passive scan).

In such case, the bss load element in the probe response will not
include the channel load caused by the STA, where the beacon will.

This will cause the inactive link to always have a lower channel
load, and therefore an higher grade than the active link's one.

This causes repeated link switches, causing the throughput to drop.

Fix this by always taking the ies from the beacon, as those are for
sure new.

Fixes: d1e879ec60 ("wifi: iwlwifi: add iwlmld sub-driver")
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251110145652.b493dbb1853a.I058ba7309c84159f640cc9682d1bda56dd56a536@changeid
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
2025-11-12 09:54:46 +02:00
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Linux kernel
============

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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.