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| author | Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com> | 2010-02-09 14:50:28 +0530 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-02-09 14:10:05 -0500 |
| commit | 375177bf35efc08e1bd37bbda4cc0c8cc4db8500 (patch) | |
| tree | 88774b1a46072fd3b0418b36d39d447b78fbfc51 /net/mac80211/mlme.c | |
| parent | e15276a4b220c54db665cf46a92bd9ceb9aeb052 (diff) | |
| download | linux-375177bf35efc08e1bd37bbda4cc0c8cc4db8500.tar.bz2 | |
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/mlme.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/mlme.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index 7a7921476582..ee9443dc20ff 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 || |