openwrtv4/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/305-ath9k-limit-retries-for-powersave-response-frames.patch
Hauke Mehrtens a8f63a0717 mac80211: update to backports-4.14-rc2
This updates mac80211 to backprots-4.14-rc2.
This was compile and runtime tested with ath9k, ath10k and b43
with multiple stations and ieee80211w and in different scenarios by many
other people.

To create the backports-4.14-rc2-1.tar.xz use this repository:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/backports/backports.git
from tag v4.14-rc2-1

Then run this:
./gentree.py --git-revision v4.14-rc2 --clean  <path to linux repo> ../backports-4.14-rc2-1

This also adapts the ath10k-ct and mt76 driver to the changed cfg80211
APIs and syncs the nl80211.h file in iw with the new version from
backports-4.14-rc2.

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
2017-10-01 12:49:11 +02:00

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 15:20:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: limit retries for powersave response frames
In some cases, the channel might be busy enough that an ath9k AP's
response to PS-Poll frames might be too slow and the station has already
gone to sleep. To avoid wasting too much airtime on this, limit the
number of retries on such frames and ensure that no sample rate gets
used.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
---
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -188,10 +188,25 @@ static void ath_send_bar(struct ath_atx_
}
static void ath_set_rates(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
- struct ath_buf *bf)
+ struct ath_buf *bf, bool ps)
{
+ struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(bf->bf_mpdu);
+
+ if (ps) {
+ /* Clear the first rate to avoid using a sample rate for PS frames */
+ info->control.rates[0].idx = -1;
+ info->control.rates[0].count = 0;
+ }
+
ieee80211_get_tx_rates(vif, sta, bf->bf_mpdu, bf->rates,
ARRAY_SIZE(bf->rates));
+ if (!ps)
+ return;
+
+ if (bf->rates[0].count > 2)
+ bf->rates[0].count = 2;
+
+ bf->rates[1].idx = -1;
}
static void ath_txq_skb_done(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
@@ -1502,7 +1517,7 @@ ath_tx_form_burst(struct ath_softc *sc,
break;
}
- ath_set_rates(tid->an->vif, tid->an->sta, bf);
+ ath_set_rates(tid->an->vif, tid->an->sta, bf, false);
} while (1);
}
@@ -1532,7 +1547,7 @@ static bool ath_tx_sched_aggr(struct ath
return false;
}
- ath_set_rates(tid->an->vif, tid->an->sta, bf);
+ ath_set_rates(tid->an->vif, tid->an->sta, bf, false);
if (aggr)
aggr_len = ath_tx_form_aggr(sc, txq, tid, &bf_q, bf);
else
@@ -1690,7 +1705,7 @@ void ath9k_release_buffered_frames(struc
break;
list_add_tail(&bf->list, &bf_q);
- ath_set_rates(tid->an->vif, tid->an->sta, bf);
+ ath_set_rates(tid->an->vif, tid->an->sta, bf, true);
if (bf_isampdu(bf)) {
ath_tx_addto_baw(sc, tid, bf);
bf->bf_state.bf_type &= ~BUF_AGGR;
@@ -2390,7 +2405,7 @@ int ath_tx_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw
if (txctl->paprd)
bf->bf_state.bfs_paprd_timestamp = jiffies;
- ath_set_rates(vif, sta, bf);
+ ath_set_rates(vif, sta, bf, ps_resp);
ath_tx_send_normal(sc, txq, tid, skb);
out:
@@ -2429,7 +2444,7 @@ void ath_tx_cabq(struct ieee80211_hw *hw
break;
bf->bf_lastbf = bf;
- ath_set_rates(vif, NULL, bf);
+ ath_set_rates(vif, NULL, bf, false);
ath_buf_set_rate(sc, bf, &info, fi->framelen, false);
duration += info.rates[0].PktDuration;
if (bf_tail)
@@ -2946,7 +2961,7 @@ int ath9k_tx99_send(struct ath_softc *sc
return -EINVAL;
}
- ath_set_rates(sc->tx99_vif, NULL, bf);
+ ath_set_rates(sc->tx99_vif, NULL, bf, false);
ath9k_hw_set_desc_link(sc->sc_ah, bf->bf_desc, bf->bf_daddr);
ath9k_hw_tx99_start(sc->sc_ah, txctl->txq->axq_qnum);