[PATCH -next v3 13/13] wifi: nl80211: send frame tx status event only for non-zero cookie

The cookie value assigned by cfg80211_assign_cookie() is guaranteed to be
non-zero. So the zero cookie value has special use in tx_control_port where
userspace can indicate dont_wait_for_ack, ie. not interested in status. The
wil6210 driver also uses the zero cookie when wil_cfg80211_mgmt_tx() is
invoked from debugfs api the driver provides so the event is also redundant
in that scenario.

Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]>
---
 net/wireless/nl80211.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d12bef11b94f..ac895e02cd41 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -22046,6 +22046,10 @@ static void nl80211_frame_tx_status(struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	void *hdr;
 
+	/* userspace not interested in zero-cookie status */
+	if (!status->cookie)
+		return;
+
 	if (command == NL80211_CMD_FRAME_TX_STATUS)
 		trace_cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status(wdev, status->cookie,
 					      status->ack);
-- 
2.54.0