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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-11-19 01:08:30 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-11-19 11:08:56 -0500
commit7351c6bd482712e5e3ec9dffc547de0e0863efb0 (patch)
tree1847c0470af79727b58611a69fa82384bd904d60 /drivers/net
parentad4bb6f8883a13bb0f65b194dae36c62a02ac779 (diff)
mac80211: request TX status where needed
Right now all frames mac80211 hands to the driver have the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS flag set to request TX status. This isn't really necessary, only the injected frames need TX status (the latter for hostapd) so move setting this flag. The rate control algorithms also need TX status, but they don't require it. Also, rt2x00 uses that bit for its own purposes and seems to require it being set for all frames, but that can be fixed in rt2x00. This doesn't really change anything for any drivers but in the future drivers using hw-rate control may opt to not report TX status for frames that don't have the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS flag set. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> [rt2x00 bits] Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c11
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c6
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.h5
5 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 6c6d0ac3554..4a4b7e42fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ void rt2x00lib_txdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
enum data_queue_qid qid = skb_get_queue_mapping(entry->skb);
unsigned int header_length = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(entry->skb);
u8 rate_idx, rate_flags, retry_rates;
+ u8 skbdesc_flags = skbdesc->flags;
unsigned int i;
bool success;
@@ -287,12 +288,12 @@ void rt2x00lib_txdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
}
/*
- * Only send the status report to mac80211 when TX status was
- * requested by it. If this was a extra frame coming through
- * a mac80211 library call (RTS/CTS) then we should not send the
- * status report back.
+ * Only send the status report to mac80211 when it's a frame
+ * that originated in mac80211. If this was a extra frame coming
+ * through a mac80211 library call (RTS/CTS) then we should not
+ * send the status report back.
*/
- if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS)
+ if (!(skbdesc_flags & SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211))
ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
else
dev_kfree_skb_irq(entry->skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h
index c1f48acaee4..be2e37fb407 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ void rt2x00queue_remove_l2pad(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int header_length);
* rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame - Write TX frame to hardware
* @queue: Queue over which the frame should be send
* @skb: The skb to send
+ * @local: frame is not from mac80211
*/
-int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb);
+int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ bool local);
/**
* rt2x00queue_update_beacon - Send new beacon from mac80211 to hardware
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
index eed093d3453..9c90ceb0ffc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ static int rt2x00mac_tx_rts_cts(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
rts_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
rts_info->control.rates[0].flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_RTS_CTS;
rts_info->control.rates[0].flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_CTS_PROTECT;
- rts_info->flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS;
if (tx_info->control.rates[0].flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_CTS_PROTECT)
rts_info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK;
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ static int rt2x00mac_tx_rts_cts(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
frag_skb->data, data_length, tx_info,
(struct ieee80211_rts *)(skb->data));
- retval = rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb);
+ retval = rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb, true);
if (retval) {
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
WARNING(rt2x00dev, "Failed to send RTS/CTS frame.\n");
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ int rt2x00mac_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
goto exit_fail;
}
- if (rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb))
+ if (rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb, false))
goto exit_fail;
if (rt2x00queue_threshold(queue))
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index 02972a036bc..eaedee8c05c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ static void rt2x00queue_write_tx_descriptor(struct queue_entry *entry,
rt2x00dev->ops->lib->kick_tx_queue(rt2x00dev, queue->qid);
}
-int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
+int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ bool local)
{
struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info;
struct queue_entry *entry = rt2x00queue_get_entry(queue, Q_INDEX);
@@ -495,6 +496,9 @@ int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
skbdesc->tx_rate_idx = rate_idx;
skbdesc->tx_rate_flags = rate_flags;
+ if (local)
+ skbdesc->flags |= SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211;
+
/*
* When hardware encryption is supported, and this frame
* is to be encrypted, we should strip the IV/EIV data from
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.h
index 97c7895c0ec..70775e5ba1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.h
@@ -94,12 +94,15 @@ enum data_queue_qid {
* mac80211 but was stripped for processing by the driver.
* @SKBDESC_L2_PADDED: Payload has been padded for 4-byte alignment,
* the padded bytes are located between header and payload.
+ * @SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211: Frame didn't originate from mac80211,
+ * don't try to pass it back.
*/
enum skb_frame_desc_flags {
SKBDESC_DMA_MAPPED_RX = 1 << 0,
SKBDESC_DMA_MAPPED_TX = 1 << 1,
SKBDESC_IV_STRIPPED = 1 << 2,
- SKBDESC_L2_PADDED = 1 << 3
+ SKBDESC_L2_PADDED = 1 << 3,
+ SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211 = 1 << 4,
};
/**