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authorVivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com>2010-02-09 14:50:28 +0530
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-02-09 14:10:05 -0500
commit375177bf35efc08e1bd37bbda4cc0c8cc4db8500 (patch)
tree88774b1a46072fd3b0418b36d39d447b78fbfc51 /net/mac80211
parente15276a4b220c54db665cf46a92bd9ceb9aeb052 (diff)
mac80211: Retry null data frame for power save.
Even if the null data frame is not acked by the AP, mac80211 goes into power save. This might lead to loss of frames from the AP. Prevent this by restarting dynamic_ps_timer when ack is not received for null data frames. Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h1
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/mlme.c20
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/status.c17
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index a5911191f22..9dd98b674cb 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ enum ieee80211_sta_flags {
IEEE80211_STA_CSA_RECEIVED = BIT(5),
IEEE80211_STA_MFP_ENABLED = BIT(6),
IEEE80211_STA_UAPSD_ENABLED = BIT(7),
+ IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED = BIT(8),
};
struct ieee80211_if_managed {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 7a792147658..ee9443dc20f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -434,8 +434,11 @@ static void ieee80211_enable_ps(struct ieee80211_local *local,
} else {
if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK)
ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
- conf->flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
- ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+
+ if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS)) {
+ conf->flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
+ ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+ }
}
}
@@ -541,6 +544,7 @@ void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_enable_work(struct work_struct *work)
container_of(work, struct ieee80211_local,
dynamic_ps_enable_work);
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = local->ps_sdata;
+ struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
/* can only happen when PS was just disabled anyway */
if (!sdata)
@@ -549,11 +553,16 @@ void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_enable_work(struct work_struct *work)
if (local->hw.conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_PS)
return;
- if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK)
+ if ((local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK) &&
+ (!(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED)))
ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
- local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
- ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+ if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) ||
+ (ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED)) {
+ ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED;
+ local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
+ ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+ }
}
void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer(unsigned long data)
@@ -1892,6 +1901,7 @@ int ieee80211_mgd_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
return -ENOMEM;
ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N;
+ ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED;
for (i = 0; i < req->crypto.n_ciphers_pairwise; i++)
if (req->crypto.ciphers_pairwise[i] == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP40 ||
diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c
index e57ad6b1d7e..ded98730c11 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
rcu_read_lock();
sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[info->band];
+ fc = hdr->frame_control;
for_each_sta_info(local, hdr->addr1, sta, tmp) {
/* skip wrong virtual interface */
@@ -205,8 +206,6 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
return;
}
- fc = hdr->frame_control;
-
if ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK) &&
(ieee80211_is_data_qos(fc))) {
u16 tid, ssn;
@@ -275,6 +274,20 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
local->dot11FailedCount++;
}
+ if (ieee80211_is_nullfunc(fc) && ieee80211_has_pm(fc) &&
+ (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) &&
+ !(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) &&
+ local->ps_sdata && !(local->scanning)) {
+ if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK) {
+ local->ps_sdata->u.mgd.flags |=
+ IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED;
+ ieee80211_queue_work(&local->hw,
+ &local->dynamic_ps_enable_work);
+ } else
+ mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +
+ msecs_to_jiffies(10));
+ }
+
/* this was a transmitted frame, but now we want to reuse it */
skb_orphan(skb);