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| author |   Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2019-10-02 11:12:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2019-10-04 13:58:13 +0200 |
| commit | 2ce113de31320756b25179f3f4512a522bc45263 (patch) | |
| tree | 43a054c7d1036b8c269223e3ae2d69358132a59d /include/net | |
| parent | mac80211: pass internal sta to ieee80211_tx_frags() (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-2ce113de31320756b25179f3f4512a522bc45263.tar.xz linux-dev-2ce113de31320756b25179f3f4512a522bc45263.zip | |
mac80211: simplify TX aggregation start
There really is no need to make drivers call the
ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe() function and then
schedule the worker if all we want is to set a bit.
Add a new return value (that was previously considered
invalid) to indicate that the driver is immediately
ready for the session, and make drivers use it. The
only drivers that remain different are the Intel ones
as they need to negotiate more with the firmware.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1570007543-I152912660131cbab2e5d80b4218238c20f8a06e5@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 523c6a09e1c8..d69081c38788 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -3095,7 +3095,9 @@ enum ieee80211_filter_flags { * * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_START: start RX aggregation * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_STOP: stop RX aggregation - * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START: start TX aggregation + * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START: start TX aggregation, the driver must either + * call ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe() or return the special + * status %IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START_IMMEDIATE. * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_OPERATIONAL: TX aggregation has become operational * @IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_STOP_CONT: stop TX aggregation but continue transmitting * queued packets, now unaggregated. After all packets are transmitted the @@ -3119,6 +3121,8 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_OPERATIONAL, }; +#define IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START_IMMEDIATE 1 + /** * struct ieee80211_ampdu_params - AMPDU action parameters * @@ -3896,7 +3900,10 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { * * Even ``189`` would be wrong since 1 could be lost again. * - * Returns a negative error code on failure. + * Returns a negative error code on failure. The driver may return + * %IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START_IMMEDIATE for %IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START + * if the session can start immediately. + * * The callback can sleep. */ int (*ampdu_action)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, |