RE: [PATCH 5/8] mac80211: A-MPDU Rx handling aggregation reordering

Johannes Berg
2007-12-19T15:50:10Z

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> > I'm just not sure why you'd want to. As far as I can the frames
> already
> > passed __ieee80211_rx(), no? Maybe only as part of the aggregation?
>
> No, not passed it yet, they are still queued for reordering, but as
> aggregation is being tear down I am expected to drop the frames
> that are still not in order.

But haven't they passed through __ieee80211_rx() as the aggregate frame?

> Again, if you see any performance issue with it, although this may
> occur only once per session, do tell, if not, I would prefer to
> leave it that way, as this will 1 - give more accurate statistics
> of dropped frames, 2 - I don't want to drop frames in places
> people will have trouble finding, other then the in the handlers.

No I guess it's ok I'm just trying to understand it better.

johannes

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