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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2007-12-19 01:31:25 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-01-28 14:59:47 -0800
commit7d54d0ddd66678ada6635159dac1eb82ccbe34b5 (patch)
tree9afb4b9779762e160bf1aec9d2f304731ebac251 /net
parent4e20cb293cc0b30f32a53011fd6b38493d9fdcaa (diff)
mac80211: allow easier multicast/broadcast buffering in hardware
There are various decisions influencing the decision whether to buffer a frame for after the next DTIM beacon. The "do we have stations in PS mode" condition cannot be tested by the driver so mac80211 has to do that. To ease driver writing for hardware that can buffer frames until after the next DTIM beacon, introduce a new txctl flag telling the driver to buffer a specific frame. While at it, restructure and comment the code for multicast buffering and remove spurious "inline" directives. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c32
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index e177a8dc23b..f7aff2e97ee 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -322,16 +322,27 @@ static void purge_old_ps_buffers(struct ieee80211_local *local)
wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), purged);
}
-static inline ieee80211_txrx_result
+static ieee80211_txrx_result
ieee80211_tx_h_multicast_ps_buf(struct ieee80211_txrx_data *tx)
{
- /* broadcast/multicast frame */
- /* If any of the associated stations is in power save mode,
- * the frame is buffered to be sent after DTIM beacon frame */
- if ((tx->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING) &&
- tx->sdata->type != IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_WDS &&
- tx->sdata->bss && atomic_read(&tx->sdata->bss->num_sta_ps) &&
- !(tx->fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_ORDER)) {
+ /*
+ * broadcast/multicast frame
+ *
+ * If any of the associated stations is in power save mode,
+ * the frame is buffered to be sent after DTIM beacon frame.
+ * This is done either by the hardware or us.
+ */
+
+ /* not AP/IBSS or ordered frame */
+ if (!tx->sdata->bss || (tx->fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_ORDER))
+ return TXRX_CONTINUE;
+
+ /* no stations in PS mode */
+ if (!atomic_read(&tx->sdata->bss->num_sta_ps))
+ return TXRX_CONTINUE;
+
+ /* buffered in mac80211 */
+ if (tx->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING) {
if (tx->local->total_ps_buffered >= TOTAL_MAX_TX_BUFFER)
purge_old_ps_buffers(tx->local);
if (skb_queue_len(&tx->sdata->bss->ps_bc_buf) >=
@@ -348,10 +359,13 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_multicast_ps_buf(struct ieee80211_txrx_data *tx)
return TXRX_QUEUED;
}
+ /* buffered in hardware */
+ tx->u.tx.control->flags |= IEEE80211_TXCTL_SEND_AFTER_DTIM;
+
return TXRX_CONTINUE;
}
-static inline ieee80211_txrx_result
+static ieee80211_txrx_result
ieee80211_tx_h_unicast_ps_buf(struct ieee80211_txrx_data *tx)
{
struct sta_info *sta = tx->sta;