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Commit 8d791361 authored by Johannes Berg's avatar Johannes Berg
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nl80211: clarify packet statistics descriptions



The current statistics we keep aren't very clear, some are on
MPDUs and some on MSDUs/MMPDUs. Clarify the descriptions based
on the counters mac80211 keeps.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
parent a76b1942
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@@ -950,8 +950,8 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
 *	indicate the relevant values in this struct for them
 * @connected_time: time(in secs) since a station is last connected
 * @inactive_time: time since last station activity (tx/rx) in milliseconds
 * @rx_bytes: bytes received from this station
 * @tx_bytes: bytes transmitted to this station
 * @rx_bytes: bytes (size of MPDUs) received from this station
 * @tx_bytes: bytes (size of MPDUs) transmitted to this station
 * @llid: mesh local link id
 * @plid: mesh peer link id
 * @plink_state: mesh peer link state
@@ -964,10 +964,10 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
 * @chain_signal_avg: per-chain signal strength average in dBm
 * @txrate: current unicast bitrate from this station
 * @rxrate: current unicast bitrate to this station
 * @rx_packets: packets received from this station
 * @tx_packets: packets transmitted to this station
 * @tx_retries: cumulative retry counts
 * @tx_failed: number of failed transmissions (retries exceeded, no ACK)
 * @rx_packets: packets (MSDUs & MMPDUs) received from this station
 * @tx_packets: packets (MSDUs & MMPDUs) transmitted to this station
 * @tx_retries: cumulative retry counts (MPDUs)
 * @tx_failed: number of failed transmissions (MPDUs) (retries exceeded, no ACK)
 * @rx_dropped_misc:  Dropped for un-specified reason.
 * @bss_param: current BSS parameters
 * @generation: generation number for nl80211 dumps.
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@@ -2338,18 +2338,24 @@ enum nl80211_sta_bss_param {
 *
 * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_INVALID: attribute number 0 is reserved
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME: time since last activity (u32, msecs)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES: total received bytes (u32, from this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES: total transmitted bytes (u32, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES64: total received bytes (u64, from this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES64: total transmitted bytes (u64, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES: total received bytes (MPDU length)
 *	(u32, from this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES: total transmitted bytes (MPDU length)
 *	(u32, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES64: total received bytes (MPDU length)
 *	(u64, from this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES64: total transmitted bytes (MPDU length)
 *	(u64, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL: signal strength of last received PPDU (u8, dBm)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE: current unicast tx rate, nested attribute
 * 	containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_rate_info
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS: total received packet (u32, from this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_PACKETS: total transmitted packets (u32, to this
 *	station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_RETRIES: total retries (u32, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_FAILED: total failed packets (u32, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS: total received packet (MSDUs and MMPDUs)
 *	(u32, from this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_PACKETS: total transmitted packets (MSDUs and MMPDUs)
 *	(u32, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_RETRIES: total retries (MPDUs) (u32, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_FAILED: total failed packets (MPDUs)
 *	(u32, to this station)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG: signal strength average (u8, dBm)
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_LLID: the station's mesh LLID
 * @NL80211_STA_INFO_PLID: the station's mesh PLID