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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index d98fac54577..a861259c305 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -2094,6 +2094,29 @@ static inline int rate_supported(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, return (sta == NULL || sta->supp_rates[band] & BIT(index)); } +/** + * rate_control_send_low - helper for drivers for management/no-ack frames + * + * Rate control algorithms that agree to use the lowest rate to + * send management frames and NO_ACK data with the respective hw + * retries should use this in the beginning of their mac80211 get_rate + * callback. If true is returned the rate control can simply return. + * If false is returned we guarantee that sta and sta and priv_sta is + * not null. + * + * Rate control algorithms wishing to do more intelligent selection of + * rate for multicast/broadcast frames may choose to not use this. + * + * @sta: &struct ieee80211_sta pointer to the target destination. Note + * that this may be null. + * @priv_sta: private rate control structure. This may be null. + * @txrc: rate control information we sholud populate for mac80211. + */ +bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, + void *priv_sta, + struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc); + + static inline s8 rate_lowest_index(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband, struct ieee80211_sta *sta) |