From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:54466 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752166Ab1C2M2M (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:28:12 -0400 Received: by fxm17 with SMTP id 17so147452fxm.19 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:28:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Christian Lamparter Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:43:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] carl9170: Fix tx aggregation problems with some clients To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com Message-Id: <20110329122755.238593403D3@blech.mobile> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Some clients seem to rely upon the reception of BlockAckReqs to flush their rx reorder buffer. In order to fix aggregation for these clients carl9170 should set IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK to generate a BlockAckReq if the transmission of an AMPDU subframe fails. This fixes aggregation problems with Intel 5100 Windows STAs (and maybe others as well). Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c | 7 +++++++ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h index 0456a76..8c0642b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h @@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ struct carl9170_ba_stats { u8 ampdu_len; u8 ampdu_ack_len; bool clear; + bool req; }; struct carl9170_sta_info { diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c index d26e79c..c10f132 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c @@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ static int carl9170_op_ampdu_action(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, tid_info = rcu_dereference(sta_info->agg[tid]); sta_info->stats[tid].clear = true; + sta_info->stats[tid].req = false; if (tid_info) { bitmap_zero(tid_info->bitmap, CARL9170_BAW_SIZE); diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c index 0ef70b6..cb70ed7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ static void carl9170_tx_status_process_ampdu(struct ar9170 *ar, if (sta_info->stats[tid].clear) { sta_info->stats[tid].clear = false; + sta_info->stats[tid].req = false; sta_info->stats[tid].ampdu_len = 0; sta_info->stats[tid].ampdu_ack_len = 0; } @@ -391,10 +392,16 @@ static void carl9170_tx_status_process_ampdu(struct ar9170 *ar, if (txinfo->status.rates[0].count == 1) sta_info->stats[tid].ampdu_ack_len++; + if (!(txinfo->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK)) + sta_info->stats[tid].req = true; + if (super->f.mac_control & cpu_to_le16(AR9170_TX_MAC_IMM_BA)) { super->s.rix = sta_info->stats[tid].ampdu_len; super->s.cnt = sta_info->stats[tid].ampdu_ack_len; txinfo->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU; + if (sta_info->stats[tid].req) + txinfo->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK; + sta_info->stats[tid].clear = true; } spin_unlock_bh(&tid_info->lock); -- 1.7.4.1