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diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 1e83afae3c6..cd108dfa195 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ enum ieee80211_ac_numbers {
IEEE80211_AC_BE = 2,
IEEE80211_AC_BK = 3,
};
+#define IEEE80211_NUM_ACS 4
/**
* struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params - transmit queue configuration
@@ -338,9 +339,9 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
* used to indicate that a frame was already retried due to PS
* @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT: completely internal to mac80211,
* used to indicate frame should not be encrypted
- * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PSPOLL_RESPONSE: (internal?)
- * This frame is a response to a PS-poll frame and should be sent
- * although the station is in powersave mode.
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_POLL_RESPONSE: This frame is a response to a poll
+ * frame (PS-Poll or uAPSD) and should be sent although the station
+ * is in powersave mode.
* @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES: More frames will be passed to the
* transmit function after the current frame, this can be used
* by drivers to kick the DMA queue only if unset or when the
@@ -366,6 +367,14 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
* @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE: This frame will be sent at non CCK rate.
* This flag is actually used for management frame especially for P2P
* frames not being sent at CCK rate in 2GHz band.
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP: This packet marks the end of service period,
+ * when its status is reported the service period ends. For frames in
+ * an SP that mac80211 transmits, it is already set; for driver frames
+ * the driver may set this flag. It is also used to do the same for
+ * PS-Poll responses.
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE: This frame will be sent at lowest rate.
+ * This flag is used to send nullfunc frame at minimum rate when
+ * the nullfunc is used for connection monitoring purpose.
*
* Note: If you have to add new flags to the enumeration, then don't
* forget to update %IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS when necessary.
@@ -387,7 +396,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING = BIT(14),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRIED = BIT(15),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT = BIT(16),
- IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PSPOLL_RESPONSE = BIT(17),
+ IEEE80211_TX_CTL_POLL_RESPONSE = BIT(17),
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES = BIT(18),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION = BIT(19),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_HAS_RADIOTAP = BIT(20),
@@ -397,6 +406,8 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN = BIT(25),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_TKIP_MIC_FAILURE = BIT(26),
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE = BIT(27),
+ IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP = BIT(28),
+ IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE = BIT(29),
};
#define IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT 23
@@ -410,9 +421,9 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU | \
IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK | \
IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU | IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK | \
- IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PSPOLL_RESPONSE | \
+ IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_POLL_RESPONSE | \
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES | IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC | \
- IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC)
+ IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC | IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP)
/**
* enum mac80211_rate_control_flags - per-rate flags set by the
@@ -1532,6 +1543,95 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
*/
/**
+ * DOC: AP support for powersaving clients
+ *
+ * In order to implement AP and P2P GO modes, mac80211 has support for
+ * client powersaving, both "legacy" PS (PS-Poll/null data) and uAPSD.
+ * There currently is no support for sAPSD.
+ *
+ * There is one assumption that mac80211 makes, namely that a client
+ * will not poll with PS-Poll and trigger with uAPSD at the same time.
+ * Both are supported, and both can be used by the same client, but
+ * they can't be used concurrently by the same client. This simplifies
+ * the driver code.
+ *
+ * The first thing to keep in mind is that there is a flag for complete
+ * driver implementation: %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS. If this flag is set,
+ * mac80211 expects the driver to handle most of the state machine for
+ * powersaving clients and will ignore the PM bit in incoming frames.
+ * Drivers then use ieee80211_sta_ps_transition() to inform mac80211 of
+ * stations' powersave transitions. In this mode, mac80211 also doesn't
+ * handle PS-Poll/uAPSD.
+ *
+ * In the mode without %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS, mac80211 will check the
+ * PM bit in incoming frames for client powersave transitions. When a
+ * station goes to sleep, we will stop transmitting to it. There is,
+ * however, a race condition: a station might go to sleep while there is
+ * data buffered on hardware queues. If the device has support for this
+ * it will reject frames, and the driver should give the frames back to
+ * mac80211 with the %IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED flag set which will
+ * cause mac80211 to retry the frame when the station wakes up. The
+ * driver is also notified of powersave transitions by calling its
+ * @sta_notify callback.
+ *
+ * When the station is asleep, it has three choices: it can wake up,
+ * it can PS-Poll, or it can possibly start a uAPSD service period.
+ * Waking up is implemented by simply transmitting all buffered (and
+ * filtered) frames to the station. This is the easiest case. When
+ * the station sends a PS-Poll or a uAPSD trigger frame, mac80211
+ * will inform the driver of this with the @allow_buffered_frames
+ * callback; this callback is optional. mac80211 will then transmit
+ * the frames as usual and set the %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_POLL_RESPONSE
+ * on each frame. The last frame in the service period (or the only
+ * response to a PS-Poll) also has %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP set to
+ * indicate that it ends the service period; as this frame must have
+ * TX status report it also sets %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS.
+ * When TX status is reported for this frame, the service period is
+ * marked has having ended and a new one can be started by the peer.
+ *
+ * Another race condition can happen on some devices like iwlwifi
+ * when there are frames queued for the station and it wakes up
+ * or polls; the frames that are already queued could end up being
+ * transmitted first instead, causing reordering and/or wrong
+ * processing of the EOSP. The cause is that allowing frames to be
+ * transmitted to a certain station is out-of-band communication to
+ * the device. To allow this problem to be solved, the driver can
+ * call ieee80211_sta_block_awake() if frames are buffered when it
+ * is notified that the station went to sleep. When all these frames
+ * have been filtered (see above), it must call the function again
+ * to indicate that the station is no longer blocked.
+ *
+ * If the driver buffers frames in the driver for aggregation in any
+ * way, it must use the ieee80211_sta_set_buffered() call when it is
+ * notified of the station going to sleep to inform mac80211 of any
+ * TIDs that have frames buffered. Note that when a station wakes up
+ * this information is reset (hence the requirement to call it when
+ * informed of the station going to sleep). Then, when a service
+ * period starts for any reason, @release_buffered_frames is called
+ * with the number of frames to be released and which TIDs they are
+ * to come from. In this case, the driver is responsible for setting
+ * the EOSP (for uAPSD) and MORE_DATA bits in the released frames,
+ * to help the @more_data paramter is passed to tell the driver if
+ * there is more data on other TIDs -- the TIDs to release frames
+ * from are ignored since mac80211 doesn't know how many frames the
+ * buffers for those TIDs contain.
+ *
+ * If the driver also implement GO mode, where absence periods may
+ * shorten service periods (or abort PS-Poll responses), it must
+ * filter those response frames except in the case of frames that
+ * are buffered in the driver -- those must remain buffered to avoid
+ * reordering. Because it is possible that no frames are released
+ * in this case, the driver must call ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe()
+ * to indicate to mac80211 that the service period ended anyway.
+ *
+ * Finally, if frames from multiple TIDs are released from mac80211
+ * but the driver might reorder them, it must clear & set the flags
+ * appropriately (only the last frame may have %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP)
+ * and also take care of the EOSP and MORE_DATA bits in the frame.
+ * The driver may also use ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe() in this case.
+ */
+
+/**
* enum ieee80211_filter_flags - hardware filter flags
*
* These flags determine what the filter in hardware should be
@@ -1621,6 +1721,17 @@ enum ieee80211_tx_sync_type {
};
/**
+ * enum ieee80211_frame_release_type - frame release reason
+ * @IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_PSPOLL: frame released for PS-Poll
+ * @IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_UAPSD: frame(s) released due to
+ * frame received on trigger-enabled AC
+ */
+enum ieee80211_frame_release_type {
+ IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_PSPOLL,
+ IEEE80211_FRAME_RELEASE_UAPSD,
+};
+
+/**
* struct ieee80211_ops - callbacks from mac80211 to the driver
*
* This structure contains various callbacks that the driver may
@@ -1930,6 +2041,45 @@ enum ieee80211_tx_sync_type {
* The callback can sleep.
* @rssi_callback: Notify driver when the average RSSI goes above/below
* thresholds that were registered previously. The callback can sleep.
+ *
+ * @release_buffered_frames: Release buffered frames according to the given
+ * parameters. In the case where the driver buffers some frames for
+ * sleeping stations mac80211 will use this callback to tell the driver
+ * to release some frames, either for PS-poll or uAPSD.
+ * Note that if the @more_data paramter is %false the driver must check
+ * if there are more frames on the given TIDs, and if there are more than
+ * the frames being released then it must still set the more-data bit in
+ * the frame. If the @more_data parameter is %true, then of course the
+ * more-data bit must always be set.
+ * The @tids parameter tells the driver which TIDs to release frames
+ * from, for PS-poll it will always have only a single bit set.
+ * In the case this is used for a PS-poll initiated release, the
+ * @num_frames parameter will always be 1 so code can be shared. In
+ * this case the driver must also set %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP flag
+ * on the TX status (and must report TX status) so that the PS-poll
+ * period is properly ended. This is used to avoid sending multiple
+ * responses for a retried PS-poll frame.
+ * In the case this is used for uAPSD, the @num_frames parameter may be
+ * bigger than one, but the driver may send fewer frames (it must send
+ * at least one, however). In this case it is also responsible for
+ * setting the EOSP flag in the QoS header of the frames. Also, when the
+ * service period ends, the driver must set %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP
+ * on the last frame in the SP. Alternatively, it may call the function
+ * ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe() to inform mac80211 of the end of the SP.
+ * This callback must be atomic.
+ * @allow_buffered_frames: Prepare device to allow the given number of frames
+ * to go out to the given station. The frames will be sent by mac80211
+ * via the usual TX path after this call. The TX information for frames
+ * released will also have the %IEEE80211_TX_CTL_POLL_RESPONSE flag set
+ * and the last one will also have %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP set. In case
+ * frames from multiple TIDs are released and the driver might reorder
+ * them between the TIDs, it must set the %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP flag
+ * on the last frame and clear it on all others and also handle the EOSP
+ * bit in the QoS header correctly. Alternatively, it can also call the
+ * ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe() function.
+ * The @tids parameter is a bitmap and tells the driver which TIDs the
+ * frames will be on; it will at most have two bits set.
+ * This callback must be atomic.
*/
struct ieee80211_ops {
void (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
@@ -2002,7 +2152,8 @@ struct ieee80211_ops {
struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
void (*sta_notify)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
enum sta_notify_cmd, struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
- int (*conf_tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 queue,
+ int (*conf_tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 queue,
const struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params *params);
u64 (*get_tsf)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
void (*set_tsf)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
@@ -2044,6 +2195,17 @@ struct ieee80211_ops {
const struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask *mask);
void (*rssi_callback)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
enum ieee80211_rssi_event rssi_event);
+
+ void (*allow_buffered_frames)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
+ u16 tids, int num_frames,
+ enum ieee80211_frame_release_type reason,
+ bool more_data);
+ void (*release_buffered_frames)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
+ u16 tids, int num_frames,
+ enum ieee80211_frame_release_type reason,
+ bool more_data);
};
/**
@@ -2361,17 +2523,35 @@ static inline int ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
#define IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM 13
/**
- * ieee80211_sta_set_tim - set the TIM bit for a sleeping station
+ * ieee80211_sta_set_buffered - inform mac80211 about driver-buffered frames
* @sta: &struct ieee80211_sta pointer for the sleeping station
+ * @tid: the TID that has buffered frames
+ * @buffered: indicates whether or not frames are buffered for this TID
*
* If a driver buffers frames for a powersave station instead of passing
- * them back to mac80211 for retransmission, the station needs to be told
- * to wake up using the TIM bitmap in the beacon.
+ * them back to mac80211 for retransmission, the station may still need
+ * to be told that there are buffered frames via the TIM bit.
*
- * This function sets the station's TIM bit - it will be cleared when the
- * station wakes up.
+ * This function informs mac80211 whether or not there are frames that are
+ * buffered in the driver for a given TID; mac80211 can then use this data
+ * to set the TIM bit (NOTE: This may call back into the driver's set_tim
+ * call! Beware of the locking!)
+ *
+ * If all frames are released to the station (due to PS-poll or uAPSD)
+ * then the driver needs to inform mac80211 that there no longer are
+ * frames buffered. However, when the station wakes up mac80211 assumes
+ * that all buffered frames will be transmitted and clears this data,
+ * drivers need to make sure they inform mac80211 about all buffered
+ * frames on the sleep transition (sta_notify() with %STA_NOTIFY_SLEEP).
+ *
+ * Note that technically mac80211 only needs to know this per AC, not per
+ * TID, but since driver buffering will inevitably happen per TID (since
+ * it is related to aggregation) it is easier to make mac80211 map the
+ * TID to the AC as required instead of keeping track in all drivers that
+ * use this API.
*/
-void ieee80211_sta_set_tim(struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
+void ieee80211_sta_set_buffered(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
+ u8 tid, bool buffered);
/**
* ieee80211_tx_status - transmit status callback
@@ -3029,6 +3209,24 @@ void ieee80211_sta_block_awake(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, bool block);
/**
+ * ieee80211_sta_eosp - notify mac80211 about end of SP
+ * @pubsta: the station
+ *
+ * When a device transmits frames in a way that it can't tell
+ * mac80211 in the TX status about the EOSP, it must clear the
+ * %IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_EOSP bit and call this function instead.
+ * This applies for PS-Poll as well as uAPSD.
+ *
+ * Note that there is no non-_irqsafe version right now as
+ * it wasn't needed, but just like _tx_status() and _rx()
+ * must not be mixed in irqsafe/non-irqsafe versions, this
+ * function must not be mixed with those either. Use the
+ * all irqsafe, or all non-irqsafe, don't mix! If you need
+ * the non-irqsafe version of this, you need to add it.
+ */
+void ieee80211_sta_eosp_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta);
+
+/**
* ieee80211_iter_keys - iterate keys programmed into the device
* @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
* @vif: virtual interface to iterate, may be %NULL for all
@@ -3444,4 +3642,9 @@ void ieee80211_enable_rssi_reports(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
int rssi_max_thold);
void ieee80211_disable_rssi_reports(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+
+int ieee80211_add_srates_ie(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb);
+
+int ieee80211_add_ext_srates_ie(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ struct sk_buff *skb);
#endif /* MAC80211_H */