Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Don't go off-channel in work_work unless needed.

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 09/29/2010 11:06 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 11:03 -0700, greearb@candelatech.com wrote:
>> From: Ben Greear<greearb@candelatech.com>
>>
>> If the work to be done is on the current active channel, then
>> do not call the offchannel and return-to-channel logic.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear<greearb@candelatech.com>
>> ---
>> :100644 100644 ae344d1... 1f2673d... M	net/mac80211/work.c
>>   net/mac80211/work.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>   1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/mac80211/work.c b/net/mac80211/work.c
>> index ae344d1..1f2673d 100644
>> --- a/net/mac80211/work.c
>> +++ b/net/mac80211/work.c
>> @@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ static void ieee80211_work_work(struct work_struct *work)
>>   	LIST_HEAD(free_work);
>>   	enum work_action rma;
>>   	bool remain_off_channel = false;
>> +	bool went_off_channel = false;
>
> Heh, this is not going to work ... the return may be done in a separate
> invocation of the function. Would have been nice to test this ;-)

What is a good way to test this?  I brought up several STA interfaces
and an AP and ran traffic..but I guess I need to do something different?

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com