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* [PATCH] mac80211: Handle zero RTS threshold
@ 2013-07-05  5:45 Sujith Manoharan
  2013-07-05  7:15 ` Johannes Berg
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sujith Manoharan @ 2013-07-05  5:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Johannes Berg; +Cc: linux-wireless

From: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>

The spec says:

"Setting this attribute to 0 has the effect of turning on the RTS/CTS
handshake for all frames of Data or Management type transmitted by this
STA."

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
---
 net/mac80211/tx.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 4105d0c..50c7309 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 		    tx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC);
 
 	/* set up RTS protection if desired */
-	if (len > tx->local->hw.wiphy->rts_threshold) {
+	if (!tx->local->hw.wiphy->rts_threshold ||
+	    (len > tx->local->hw.wiphy->rts_threshold)) {
 		txrc.rts = true;
 	}
 
-- 
1.8.3.2


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* Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Handle zero RTS threshold
  2013-07-05  5:45 [PATCH] mac80211: Handle zero RTS threshold Sujith Manoharan
@ 2013-07-05  7:15 ` Johannes Berg
  2013-07-05  8:51   ` Sujith Manoharan
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Johannes Berg @ 2013-07-05  7:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sujith Manoharan; +Cc: linux-wireless

On Fri, 2013-07-05 at 11:15 +0530, Sujith Manoharan wrote:
> From: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
> 
> The spec says:
> 
> "Setting this attribute to 0 has the effect of turning on the RTS/CTS
> handshake for all frames of Data or Management type transmitted by this
> STA."

Maybe we should set it to 0xffffffff in cfg80211 to make it simpler for
drivers?

johannes


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* Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Handle zero RTS threshold
  2013-07-05  7:15 ` Johannes Berg
@ 2013-07-05  8:51   ` Sujith Manoharan
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sujith Manoharan @ 2013-07-05  8:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Johannes Berg; +Cc: linux-wireless

Johannes Berg wrote:
> Maybe we should set it to 0xffffffff in cfg80211 to make it simpler for
> drivers?

The patch is broken, please disregard it.

Sujith

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