iwlwifi: mvm: Avoid deferring non bufferable frames
Use bcast station for all non bufferable frames on AP and AD-HOC. The host is no longer aware of STAs PS status because of buffer station offload, so we can't rely on mac80211 to toggle on IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_PS_BUFFER bit. A possible issue with buffering such frames, beside the obvious spec violation, is when a station disconnects while in PS but the AP isn't aware of that. In such scenarios the AP won't be able to send probe responses or auth frames so the STA won't be able to reconnect and the AP will have a queue hang. Fixes: 3e56eadf ("iwlwifi: mvm: implement AP/GO uAPSD support") Signed-off-by: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
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