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authorSara Sharon2018-09-05 08:06:09 +0300
committerJohannes Berg2018-09-05 10:10:11 +0200
commit0eeb2b674f05ccb5162a1d68c0b8ae81e25fd972 (patch)
tree6b9844ba9c2474e5897fda7ea44079d233b067cb
parentadd7453ad62f05c8f1a48675bb4dfed52e6ac878 (diff)
mac80211: add an option for station management TXQ
We have a TXQ abstraction for non-data packets that need powersave buffering. Since the AP cannot sleep, in case of station we can use this TXQ for all management frames, regardless if they are bufferable. Add HW flag to allow that. Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h5
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/debugfs.c1
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c14
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 50bf598abdfd..fe71cec8ba42 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2152,6 +2152,10 @@ struct ieee80211_txq {
* but if the rate control is built-in then it must be set by the driver.
* See also the documentation for that flag.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_STA_MMPDU_TXQ: use the extra non-TID per-station TXQ for all
+ * MMPDUs on station interfaces. 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 {
@@ -2199,6 +2203,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP,
IEEE80211_HW_BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ,
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW,
+ IEEE80211_HW_STA_MMPDU_TXQ,
/* keep last, obviously */
NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
index fb45eb5d1dc4..3fe541e358f3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static const char *hw_flag_names[] = {
FLAG(DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP),
FLAG(BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ),
FLAG(SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW),
+ FLAG(STA_MMPDU_TXQ),
#undef FLAG
};
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index e88547842239..96b6c9b09bd2 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,8 @@ static struct txq_info *ieee80211_get_txq(struct ieee80211_local *local,
if (unlikely(!ieee80211_is_data_present(hdr->frame_control))) {
if ((!ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) ||
- ieee80211_is_bufferable_mmpdu(hdr->frame_control)) &&
+ ieee80211_is_bufferable_mmpdu(hdr->frame_control) ||
+ vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) &&
sta && sta->uploaded) {
/*
* This will be NULL if the driver didn't set the
@@ -1456,9 +1457,16 @@ void ieee80211_txq_init(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
}
if (tid == IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS) {
- /* Drivers need to opt in to the bufferable MMPDU TXQ */
- if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw, BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ))
+ if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+ /* Drivers need to opt in to the management MPDU TXQ */
+ if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw,
+ STA_MMPDU_TXQ))
+ return;
+ } else if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw,
+ BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ)) {
+ /* Drivers need to opt in to the bufferable MMPDU TXQ */
return;
+ }
txqi->txq.ac = IEEE80211_AC_VO;
} else {
txqi->txq.ac = ieee80211_ac_from_tid(tid);