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| author | Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> | 2014-07-16 12:12:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2014-07-21 17:42:07 +0200 |
| commit | 08cf42e843f9a7e253502011c81677f61f7e5c42 (patch) | |
| tree | 0922a80812809c8ee2f2f64793b4754ea4b729a4 /include | |
| parent | 83eb935ec74a91468776cd86415abcb6ee23cca8 (diff) | |
| download | linux-08cf42e843f9a7e253502011c81677f61f7e5c42.tar.bz2 | |
mac80211: add support for Rx reordering offloading
Some drivers may be performing most of Tx/Rx
aggregation on their own (e.g. in firmware)
including AddBa/DelBa negotiations but may
otherwise require Rx reordering assistance.
The patch exports 2 new functions for establishing
Rx aggregation sessions in assumption device
driver has taken care of the necessary
negotiations.
Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
[fix endian bug]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 9ce5cb17ed82..dae2e24616e1 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -4552,6 +4552,40 @@ void ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 ba_rx_bitmap, */ void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn); +/** + * ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session_offl - start a Rx BA session + * + * Some device drivers may offload part of the Rx aggregation flow including + * AddBa/DelBa negotiation but may otherwise be incapable of full Rx + * reordering. + * + * Create structures responsible for reordering so device drivers may call here + * when they complete AddBa negotiation. + * + * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback + * @addr: station mac address + * @tid: the rx tid + */ +void ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session_offl(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, + const u8 *addr, u16 tid); + +/** + * ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session_offl - stop a Rx BA session + * + * Some device drivers may offload part of the Rx aggregation flow including + * AddBa/DelBa negotiation but may otherwise be incapable of full Rx + * reordering. + * + * Destroy structures responsible for reordering so device drivers may call here + * when they complete DelBa negotiation. + * + * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback + * @addr: station mac address + * @tid: the rx tid + */ +void ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session_offl(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, + const u8 *addr, u16 tid); + /* Rate control API */ /** |