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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2018-08-31 11:31:08 +0300
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2018-09-05 10:03:13 +0200
commitadf8ed01e4fdd254efead978d633718ab01a7d5c (patch)
tree52d3daf8a8b99db1d72cbe0fcf1efb8e4c770c8b /include/net/mac80211.h
parent331aead5203f5979212e798682ff9157c939ceba (diff)
downloadlinux-adf8ed01e4fdd254efead978d633718ab01a7d5c.tar.bz2
mac80211: add an optional TXQ for other PS-buffered frames
Some drivers may want to also use the TXQ abstraction with non-data packets that need powersave buffering, so add a hardware flag to allow this. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index e248f5fe5b19..03e1dfd311f7 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@
* Drivers indicate that they use this model by implementing the .wake_tx_queue
* driver operation.
*
- * Intermediate queues (struct ieee80211_txq) are kept per-sta per-tid, with a
- * single per-vif queue for multicast data frames.
+ * Intermediate queues (struct ieee80211_txq) are kept per-sta per-tid, with
+ * another per-sta for non-data/non-mgmt and bufferable management frames, and
+ * a single per-vif queue for multicast data frames.
*
* The driver is expected to initialize its private per-queue data for stations
* and interfaces in the .add_interface and .sta_add ops.
@@ -1843,7 +1844,8 @@ struct ieee80211_sta_rates {
* unlimited.
* @support_p2p_ps: indicates whether the STA supports P2P PS mechanism or not.
* @max_rc_amsdu_len: Maximum A-MSDU size in bytes recommended by rate control.
- * @txq: per-TID data TX queues (if driver uses the TXQ abstraction)
+ * @txq: per-TID data TX queues (if driver uses the TXQ abstraction); note that
+ * the last entry (%IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS) is used for non-data frames
*/
struct ieee80211_sta {
u32 supp_rates[NUM_NL80211_BANDS];
@@ -1884,7 +1886,7 @@ struct ieee80211_sta {
bool support_p2p_ps;
u16 max_rc_amsdu_len;
- struct ieee80211_txq *txq[IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS];
+ struct ieee80211_txq *txq[IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS + 1];
/* must be last */
u8 drv_priv[0] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
@@ -1918,7 +1920,8 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_control {
*
* @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
* @sta: station table entry, %NULL for per-vif queue
- * @tid: the TID for this queue (unused for per-vif queue)
+ * @tid: the TID for this queue (unused for per-vif queue),
+ * %IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS for non-data (if enabled)
* @ac: the AC for this queue
* @drv_priv: driver private area, sized by hw->txq_data_size
*
@@ -2131,6 +2134,9 @@ struct ieee80211_txq {
* @IEEE80211_HW_DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP: The driver (or firmware) doesn't
* support QoS NDP for AP probing - that's most likely a driver bug.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ: use the TXQ for bufferable MMPDUs, this of
+ * course requires the driver to use TXQs to start with.
+ *
* @NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS: number of hardware flags, used for sizing arrays
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
@@ -2176,6 +2182,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_TDLS_BUFFER_STA,
IEEE80211_HW_DEAUTH_NEED_MGD_TX_PREP,
IEEE80211_HW_DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP,
+ IEEE80211_HW_BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ,
/* keep last, obviously */
NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS