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iwl4965: workaround for firmware frame tx rejection

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Firmware can reject to transmit frame on passive channel, when it
did not yet received any frame with valid CRC on that channel.
Workaround this problem in the driver.

Tested-by: Jake Edge <jake@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Stanislaw Gruszka 2013-06-12 16:44:49 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent c6af8074fd
commit 8cdbab7f07
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drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
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@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ il4965_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct il_priv *il, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
return;
}
if (unlikely(test_bit(IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE, &il->stop_reason))) {
il_wake_queues_by_reason(il, IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE);
D_INFO("Woke queues - frame received on passive channel\n");
}
/* In case of HW accelerated crypto and bad decryption, drop */
if (!il->cfg->mod_params->sw_crypto &&
il_set_decrypted_flag(il, hdr, ampdu_status, stats))
@ -2806,6 +2811,19 @@ il4965_hdl_tx(struct il_priv *il, struct il_rx_buf *rxb)
return;
}
/*
* Firmware will not transmit frame on passive channel, if it not yet
* received some valid frame on that channel. When this error happen
* we have to wait until firmware will unblock itself i.e. when we
* note received beacon or other frame. We unblock queues in
* il4965_pass_packet_to_mac80211 or in il_mac_bss_info_changed.
*/
if (unlikely((status & TX_STATUS_MSK) == TX_STATUS_FAIL_PASSIVE_NO_RX) &&
il->iw_mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
il_stop_queues_by_reason(il, IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE);
D_INFO("Stopped queues - RX waiting on passive channel\n");
}
spin_lock_irqsave(&il->sta_lock, flags);
if (txq->sched_retry) {
const u32 scd_ssn = il4965_get_scd_ssn(tx_resp);

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drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/common.c
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@ -5306,6 +5306,17 @@ il_mac_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
if (changes & BSS_CHANGED_BSSID) {
D_MAC80211("BSSID %pM\n", bss_conf->bssid);
/*
* On passive channel we wait with blocked queues to see if
* there is traffic on that channel. If no frame will be
* received (what is very unlikely since scan detects AP on
* that channel, but theoretically possible), mac80211 associate
* procedure will time out and mac80211 will call us with NULL
* bssid. We have to unblock queues on such condition.
*/
if (is_zero_ether_addr(bss_conf->bssid))
il_wake_queues_by_reason(il, IL_STOP_REASON_PASSIVE);
/*
* If there is currently a HW scan going on in the background,
* then we need to cancel it, otherwise sometimes we are not