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2010-01-15mac80211: Fixed netif_tx_wake_all_queues in IBSS modeBenoit Papillault
When ieee80211_offchannel_return is called, it needs to re-enabled TX queues that have been stopped in ieee80211_offchannel_stop_beaconing or ieee80211_offchannel_stop_station. It happens if we are doing a scan with an IBSS interface. In this case, the interface stopped transmitting. Signed-off-by: Benoit Papillault <benoit.papillault@free.fr> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: check uapsd state for dynamic power saveKalle Valo
To make U-APSD client mode effective, we must not wake up from dynamic power save when transmitting frames. So if dynamic power save is enabled, it needs check the queue the transmitted packet is in and decide if we need to wake up or not. In a perfect world, where all packets would have correct QoS tags, U-APSD enabled queues should not trigger wakeup from power save. But in the real world, where very few packets have correct QoS tags, this won't work. For example, if only voip class has U-APSD enabled and we send a packet in voip class, but the packets we receive are in best effort class, we would receive the packets with the legacy power save method. And that would increase latencies too much from a voip application point of view. The workaround is to enable U-APSD for all qeueus and still use dynamic ps wakeup for all other queues except voip. That way we can still save power with a voip application and not sacrifice latency. Normal traffic (in background, best effort or video class) would still trigger wakeup from dynamic power save. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: create tx handler for dynamic psKalle Valo
Currently dynamic ps check is in ieee80211_xmit(), but it's cleaner to have a separate tx handler for this. Also this is a prerequisite for U-APSD client mode which needs to know the queue frame is in. Also need_dynamic_ps() function is embedded to the tx handler. No functional changes expect that the code is run in a later phase than originally. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: add debugfs interface for U-APSD queue configurationKalle Valo
Because it's not yet decided how to configure which queues are U-APSD enabled, add a debugfs interface for testing purposes. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: add U-APSD client supportKalle Valo
Add Unscheduled Automatic Power-Save Delivery (U-APSD) client support. The idea is that the data frames from the client trigger AP to send the buffered frames with ACs which have U-APSD enabled. This decreases latency and makes it possible to save even more power. Driver needs to use IEEE80211_HW_UAPSD to enable the feature. The current implementation assumes that firmware takes care of the wakeup and hardware needing IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK is not yet supported. Tested with wl1251 on a Nokia N900 and Cisco Aironet 1231G AP and running various test traffic with ping. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: remove unused type argumentJohannes Berg
The type argument to DEBUGFS_ADD() isn't used and can be removed, it's around from before the conversion to debugfs_remove_recursive(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: flush workqueue before calling driver ->stop() methodLennert Buytenhek
Since commit "mwl8k: handle station database update for AP's sta entry via ->sta_notify()", mwl8k every now and then gets a command timeout when ifconfig'ing a STA interface down. This turns out to be due to mwl8k_stop() being called while the work queue item that was scheduled by mwl8k_sta_notify() to remove the STA entry for the associated AP is still queued, and the former disables interrupts so that when the latter eventually runs, a command completion interrupt is never seen. Fix this by changing ieee80211_stop_device() so that the workqueue is flushed before drv_stop() is called, instead of doing it the other way around as is done now. (As ->stop() is allowed to sleep, there isn't any reason for drivers to queue work from within it.) Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12net/mac80211/mlme.c: Remove unnecessary semicolonsJoe Perches
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: fix return from ieee80211_assoc_successJohannes Berg
sparse pointed out that I made a mistake converting the return value of ieee80211_assoc_success to bool, this place should return false instead of one of the enum values (which would be true). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: do not transmit frames on unconfigured 4-addr vlan interfacesFelix Fietkau
If frames are transmitted on 4-addr ap vlan interfaces with no station, they end up being transmitted unencrypted, even if the ap interface uses WPA. This patch add some sanity checking to make sure that this does not happen. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: allow station updates on ap interfaces for vlan stationsFelix Fietkau
Since the per-vif station changes, sta_info_get on the ap sdata no longer returns entries for stations on ap vlans. This causes issues with hostapd, which currently always passes the ap interface name to nl80211 calls. This patch provides bug compatibility with the earlier versions until hostapd is fixed. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: use nullfunc frames for 4-addr sta detectionFelix Fietkau
To detect incoming 4-addr stations, hostapd needs to receive a 4-addr data frame from the remote station, so that it can create the AP VLAN for it. With this patch, the mlme code emits a 4-addr nullfunc frame immediately after assoc. On the AP side it also drops 4-addr nullfunc frames to the cooked monitor mode interface, if the interface hasn't been fully set up to receive 4-addr data frames yet. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: fix a few work bugsJohannes Berg
Kalle and Lennert reported problems with the new work code, and at least Kalle's problem I was able to trace to a missing jiffies initialisation. I also ran into a problem where occasionally I couldn't connect, which seems fixed with kicking the work items after scanning. Finally, also add some sanity checking code to verify that we're not adding work items while an interface is down -- that case could lead to something similar to what Lennert was seeing. There still seems to be a race condition that we're trying to figure out separately. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Tested-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Tested-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: use Probe Request template when sending a direct scanKalle Valo
As mac80211 now has a separate function for creating Probe Request templates, better to use it when sending direct Probe Requests to an AP. Only the bssid needs to be updated in the template before sending it. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: create Probe Request templateKalle Valo
Certain type of hardware, for example wl1251 and wl1271, need a template for the Probe Request. Create a function ieee80211_probereq_get() which creates the template and drivers send it to hardware. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: use PS Poll and Nullfunc templates when sending such framesKalle Valo
To avoid duplicate code, use ieee80211_[pspoll|nullfunc]_get() to get templates for PS Poll and Nullfunc frames in mlme.c. Compile-tested only. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: add functions to create PS Poll and Nullfunc templatesKalle Valo
Some hardware, for example wl1251 and wl1271, handle the transmission of power save related frames in hardware, but the driver is responsible for creating the templates. It's better to create the templates in mac80211, that way all drivers can benefit from this. Add two new functions, ieee80211_pspoll_get() and ieee80211_nullfunc_get() which drivers need to call to get the frame. Drivers are also responsible for updating the templates after each association. Also new struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr is added to ieee80211.h to make it easy to calculate length of the Nullfunc frame. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12cfg80211/mac80211: Use more generic bitrate mask for rate controlJouni Malinen
Extend struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask to actually use a bitfield mask instead of just a single fixed or maximum rate index. This change itself does not modify the behavior (except for debugfs files), but it prepares cfg80211 and mac80211 for a new nl80211 command for setting which rates can be used in TX rate control. Since frames are now going through the rate control algorithm unconditionally, the internal IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RCALGO flag can now be removed. The RC implementations can use the rate_idx_mask value to optimize their behavior if only a single rate is enabled. The old max_rate_idx in struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control is maintained (but commented as deprecated) for backwards compatibility with existing RC implementations. Once these implementations have been updated to use the more generic rate_idx_mask, the max_rate_idx value can be removed. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: Select lowest rate based on basic rate set in AP modeJouni Malinen
If the basic rate set is configured to not include the lowest rate (e.g., basic rate set = 6, 12, 24 Mbps in IEEE 802.11g mode), the AP should not send out broadcast frames at 1 Mbps. This type of configuration can be used to optimize channel usage in cases where there is no need for backwards compatibility with IEEE 802.11b-only devices. In AP mode, mac80211 was unconditionally using the lowest rate for Beacon frames and similarly, with all rate control algorithms that use rate_control_send_low(), the lowest rate ended up being used for all broadcast frames (and all unicast frames that are sent before association). Change this to take into account the basic rate configuration in AP mode, i.e., use the lowest rate in the basic rate set instead of the lowest supported rate when selecting the rate. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: quit addba_resp_timer if Tx BA session is torn downZhu Yi
Make addba_resp_timer aware the HT_AGG_STATE_REQ_STOP_BA_MSK mask so that when ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session() is issued the timer will quit. Otherwise when suspend happens before the timer expired, the timer handler will be called immediately after resume and messes up driver status. Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: Add new callback set_coverage_classLukáš Turek
Mac80211 callback to driver set_coverage_class() sets slot time and ACK timeout for given IEEE 802.11 coverage class. The callback is optional, but it's essential for long distance links. Signed-off-by: Lukas Turek <8an@praha12.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6John W. Linville
Conflicts: net/mac80211/scan.c net/mac80211/wme.c
2010-01-06Revert "mac80211: replace netif_tx_{start,stop,wake}_all_queues"John W. Linville
This reverts commit 53623f1a09c7a7d23b74f0f7d93dba0ebde1006b. This was inadvertantly missed in "mac80211: fix skb buffering issue", and is required with that patch to restore proper queue operation. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-06mac80211: fix-up build breakage in 2.6.33John W. Linville
"mac80211: fix skb buffering issue" is based on what will become 2.6.34, so it includes an incompatible usage of sta_info_get. This patch will need to be effectively reverted when merging for 2.6.34. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6John W. Linville
Conflicts: net/mac80211/iface.c
2010-01-05mac80211: fix ampdu_action tx_start ssnChristian Lamparter
The start_seq_num is taken from the station's tid_seq[tid]. This is fine, except tid_seq sequence counter is shifted by 4 bits to accommodate for frame fragmentation. Both (iwlagn & ath9k) were unaffected by this minor glitch, because they don't read the *ssn for the AMPDU_TX_START action. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: fix ieee80211_change_mac() to use struct sockaddrKalle Valo
Setting the mac address from user space was buggy. For example, when executing this command: ip link set wlan0 address 00:1f:df:88:cd:55 mac80211 used the address 01:00:00:1f:df:88 instead. It was shifted two bytes. The reason was that the addr (type of void *) provided to ieee80211_change_mac() is actually of type struct sockaddr, not just the mac address array. Also the call to eth_mac_addr() expects the address to be struct sockaddr. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: fix a warning related to pointer conversion to u64 cookieKalle Valo
On a 32 bit system (in this case an omap 3430 system) gcc warned about pointer conversion: net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_remain_on_channel_timeout': net/mac80211/work.c:534: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_remain_done': net/mac80211/work.c:1030: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_wk_remain_on_channel': net/mac80211/work.c:1056: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_wk_cancel_remain_on_channel': net/mac80211/work.c:1072: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size Fix it by casting the pointers to unsigned long instead. This makes the compiler happy again. Compile-tested only. Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: No need to include WEXT headers hereJouni Malinen
Remove the forgotten linux/wireless.h inclusion from mac80211. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: fix skb buffering issueJohannes Berg
Since I removed the master netdev, we've been keeping internal queues only, and even before that we never told the networking stack above the virtual interfaces about congestion. This means that packets are queued in mac80211 and the upper layers never know, possibly leading to memory exhaustion and other problems. This patch makes all interfaces multiqueue and uses ndo_select_queue to put the packets into queues per AC. Additionally, when the driver stops a queue, we now stop all corresponding queues for the virtual interfaces as well. The injection case will use VO by default for non-data frames, and BE for data frames, but downgrade any data frames according to ACM. It needs to be fleshed out in the future to allow chosing the queue/AC in radiotap. Reported-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.32] Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-04mac80211: fix typo added by "mac80211: fix propagation of failed..."John W. Linville
'Typo: it's "Hardware", not "Harware". Hmm, sometimes it's hairware :-)"' -- Holger Schurig Reported-by: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-30Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6John W. Linville
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c
2009-12-28mac80211: annotate sleeping driver opsKalle Valo
To make it easier to notice cases of calling sleeping ops in atomic context, annotate driver-ops.h with appropiate might_sleep() calls. At the same time, also document in mac80211.h the op functions with missing contexts. mac80211 doesn't seem to use get_tx_stats anywhere currently. Just to be on the safe side, I documented it to be atomic, but hopefully the op can be removed in the future. Compile-tested only. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: remove requeue from workJohannes Berg
There's no need to be requeueing the work struct since we check for the scan after removing items due to possible timeouts. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: remove struct ieee80211_if_init_confJohannes Berg
All its members (vif, mac_addr, type) are now available in the vif struct directly, so we can pass that instead of the conf struct. I generated this patch (except the mac80211 and header file changes) with this semantic patch: @@ identifier conf, fn, hw; type tp; @@ tp fn(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, -struct ieee80211_if_init_conf *conf) +struct ieee80211_vif *vif) { <... ( -conf->type +vif->type | -conf->mac_addr +vif->addr | -conf->vif +vif ) ...> } Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211/cfg80211: add station eventsJohannes Berg
When, for instance, a new IBSS peer is found, userspace wants to be notified. Add events for all new stations that mac80211 learns about. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: make off-channel work genericJohannes Berg
This changes mac80211 to allow being off-channel for any type of work, not just the 'remain-on-channel' work. This also helps fast transition to a BSS on a different channel. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: support remain-on-channel commandJohannes Berg
This implements the new remain-on-channel cfg80211 command in mac80211, extending the work interface. Also change the work purge code to be able to clean up events properly (pretending they timed out.) Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: Generalize off-channel operation helpers from scan codeJouni Malinen
The off-channel operations for going into power save mode (station mode) or stop beaconing (AP/IBSS) are not limited to scanning. Move these into a separate file and allow them to be used for other purposes, too. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: proper bss private data handlingJohannes Berg
cfg80211 offers private data for each BSS struct, which mac80211 uses. However, mac80211 uses internal and external (cfg80211) BSS pointers interchangeably and has a hack to put the cfg80211 bss struct into the private struct. Remove this hack, properly converting between the pointers wherever necessary. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: split up and insert custom IEs correctlyJohannes Berg
Currently, we insert all user-specified IEs before the HT IE for association, and after the HT IE for probe requests. For association, that's correct only if the user-specified IEs are RSN only, incorrect in all other cases including WPA. Change this to split apart the user-specified IEs in two places for association: before the HT IE (e.g. RSN), after the HT IE (generally empty right now I think?) and after WMM (all other vendor-specific IEs). For probes, split the IEs in different places to be correct according to the spec. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: refactor associationJohannes Berg
Refactor the code to reserve an skb of the right size (instead of hoping 200 bytes are enough forever), and also put HT IE generation into an own function. Additionally, put the HT IE before the vendor-specific WMM IE. This still leaves things not quite ordered correctly, due to user-specified IEs, add a note about that for now. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: rewrite a few work messagesJohannes Berg
The station we're authenticating/associating with may not always be an AP in the sense that word is mostly understood, so print only the MAC address of the peer instead. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: generalise work handlingJohannes Berg
In order to use auth/assoc for different purposes other than MLME, it needs to be split up. For other purposes, a generic work handling (potentially on another channel) will be useful. To achieve that, this patch moves much of the MLME work handling out of mlme into a new work API. The API can currently handle probing a specific AP, authentication and association. The MLME previously handled probe/authentication as one step and will continue to do so, but they are separate in the new work handling. Work items are RCU-managed to be able to check for existence of an item for a specific frame in the RX path, but they can be re-used which the MLME right now will do for its combined probe/auth step. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: generalise management work a bitJohannes Berg
As a first step of generalising management work, this renames a few things and puts more information directly into the struct so that auth/assoc need not access the BSS pointer as often -- in fact it can be removed from auth completely. Also since the previous patch made sure a new work item is used for association, we can make the different data a union. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: let cfg80211 manage auth stateJohannes Berg
mac80211 currently hangs on to the auth state by keeping it on the work list. That can lead to confusing behaviour like rejecting scans while authenticated to any AP (but not yet associated.) It also means that it needs to keep track of the work struct while associated for when it gets disassociated (or disassociates.) Change this to free the work struct after the authentication completed successfully and allocate a new one for associating, thereby letting cfg80211 manage the auth state. Another change necessary for this is to tell cfg80211 about all unicast deauth frames sent to mac80211 since now it can no longer check the auth state, but that check was racy anyway. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: introduce flush operationJohannes Berg
We've long lacked a good confirmation that frames have really gone out, e.g. before going off-channel for a scan. Add a flush() operation that drivers can implement to provide that confirmation, and use it in a few places: * before scanning sends the nullfunc frames * after scanning sends the nullfunc frames, if any * when going idle, to send any pending frames Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: add ieee80211_sdata_runningJohannes Berg
Instead of always using netif_running(sdata->dev) use ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata) now which is just an inline containing netif_running() for now. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: fix propagation of failed hardware reconfigurationsLuis R. Rodriguez
mac80211 does not propagate failed hardware reconfiguration requests. For suspend and resume this is important due to all the possible issues that can come out of the suspend <-> resume cycle. Not propagating the error means cfg80211 will assume the resume for the device went through fine and mac80211 will continue on trying to poke at the hardware, enable timers, queue work, and so on for a device which is completley unfunctional. The least we can do is to propagate device start issues and warn when this occurs upon resume. A side effect of this patch is we also now propagate the start errors upon harware reconfigurations (non-suspend), but this should also be desirable anyway, there is not point in continuing to reconfigure a device if mac80211 was unable to start the device. For further details refer to the thread: http://marc.info/?t=126151038700001&r=1&w=2 Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: fix race with suspend and dynamic_ps_disable_workLuis R. Rodriguez
When mac80211 suspends it calls a driver's suspend callback as a last step and after that the driver assumes no calls will be made to it until we resume and its start callback is kicked. If such calls are made, however, suspend can end up throwing hardware in an unexpected state and making the device unusable upon resume. Fix this by preventing mac80211 to schedule dynamic_ps_disable_work by checking for when mac80211 starts to suspend and starts quiescing. Frames should be allowed to go through though as that is part of the quiescing steps and we do not flush the mac80211 workqueue since it was already done towards the beginning of suspend cycle. The other mac80211 issue will be hanled in the next patch. For further details see refer to the thread: http://marc.info/?t=126144866100001&r=1&w=2 Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>