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authorAndrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com>2014-05-25 17:24:22 +0300
committerEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>2014-07-07 21:41:21 +0300
commit003e5236a1fcab3fc4576fe643e31a3d83027256 (patch)
treea02e051c9e0833c8e4112df7ab6503b9964a1366 /drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
parent7f0a7c671cdc0396f99b60b77bd02e2dee7c4838 (diff)
iwlwifi: mvm: Use CS tx block bit for AP/GO
An AP/GO may perform the channel switch slightly before its stations. This scenario may result in packet loss, since the transmission may start before the client is actually on a new channel. In order to prevent potential packet loss disable tx to all the stations when the channel switch flow starts. Clear the disable_tx bit when a station is seen on a target channel, or after IWL_MVM_CS_UNBLOCK_TX_TIMEOUT beacons on a new channel. In addition call ieee80211_sta_block_awake in order to inform mac80211 that the frames for this station should be buffered. Signed-off-by: Andrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c54
1 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
index d3a6cf7558e..81281396484 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
@@ -1468,3 +1468,57 @@ void iwl_mvm_sta_modify_disable_tx(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
if (ret)
IWL_ERR(mvm, "Failed to send ADD_STA command (%d)\n", ret);
}
+
+void iwl_mvm_sta_modify_disable_tx_ap(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
+ struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
+ bool disable)
+{
+ struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvm_sta = iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211(sta);
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&mvm_sta->lock);
+
+ if (mvm_sta->disable_tx == disable) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&mvm_sta->lock);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ mvm_sta->disable_tx = disable;
+
+ /*
+ * Tell mac80211 to start/stop queueing tx for this station,
+ * but don't stop queueing if there are still pending frames
+ * for this station.
+ */
+ if (disable || !atomic_read(&mvm->pending_frames[mvm_sta->sta_id]))
+ ieee80211_sta_block_awake(mvm->hw, sta, disable);
+
+ iwl_mvm_sta_modify_disable_tx(mvm, mvm_sta, disable);
+
+ spin_unlock_bh(&mvm_sta->lock);
+}
+
+void iwl_mvm_modify_all_sta_disable_tx(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
+ struct iwl_mvm_vif *mvmvif,
+ bool disable)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
+ struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvm_sta;
+ int i;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
+
+ /* Block/unblock all the stations of the given mvmvif */
+ for (i = 0; i < IWL_MVM_STATION_COUNT; i++) {
+ sta = rcu_dereference_protected(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[i],
+ lockdep_is_held(&mvm->mutex));
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sta))
+ continue;
+
+ mvm_sta = iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211(sta);
+ if (mvm_sta->mac_id_n_color !=
+ FW_CMD_ID_AND_COLOR(mvmvif->id, mvmvif->color))
+ continue;
+
+ iwl_mvm_sta_modify_disable_tx_ap(mvm, sta, disable);
+ }
+}