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Commit bdbfd6b5 authored by Sujith Manoharan's avatar Sujith Manoharan Committed by John W. Linville
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mac80211: Add new API for rate selection 



This patch adds a new API for setting a TX rate mask in
drivers that have rate control in either the firmware or hardware.
This can be used for various purposes, for example, masking out the
11b rates in P2P operation.

Signed-off-by: default avatarSujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent 8973a6e7

include/net/mac80211.h

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@@ -1822,6 +1822,10 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { 
 *

 * @tx_frames_pending: Check if there is any pending frame in the hardware

 *	queues before entering power save.

 *

 * @set_bitrate_mask: Set a mask of rates to be used for rate control selection

 *	when transmitting a frame. Currently only legacy rates are handled.

 *	The callback can sleep.

 */

struct ieee80211_ops {

	void (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
@@ -1910,6 +1914,8 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { 
	void (*get_ringparam)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,

			      u32 *tx, u32 *tx_max, u32 *rx, u32 *rx_max);

	bool (*tx_frames_pending)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);

	int (*set_bitrate_mask)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,

				const struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask *mask);

};



/**

net/mac80211/cfg.c

+6 −9
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@@ -1633,16 +1633,13 @@ static int ieee80211_set_bitrate_mask(struct wiphy *wiphy, 
{

	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);

	struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);

	int i;



	/*

	 * This _could_ be supported by providing a hook for

	 * drivers for this function, but at this point it

	 * doesn't seem worth bothering.

	 */

	if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL)

		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

	int i, ret;



	if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL) {

		ret = drv_set_bitrate_mask(local, sdata, mask);

		if (ret)

			return ret;

	}



	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; i++)

		sdata->rc_rateidx_mask[i] = mask->control[i].legacy;

net/mac80211/driver-ops.h

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@@ -565,4 +565,22 @@ static inline bool drv_tx_frames_pending(struct ieee80211_local *local) 


	return ret;

}



static inline int drv_set_bitrate_mask(struct ieee80211_local *local,

				       struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,

				       const struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask *mask)

{

	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;



	might_sleep();



	trace_drv_set_bitrate_mask(local, sdata, mask);

	if (local->ops->set_bitrate_mask)

		ret = local->ops->set_bitrate_mask(&local->hw,

						   &sdata->vif, mask);

	trace_drv_return_int(local, ret);



	return ret;

}



#endif /* __MAC80211_DRIVER_OPS */

net/mac80211/driver-trace.h

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@@ -989,6 +989,33 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(local_only_evt, drv_offchannel_tx_cancel_wait, 
	TP_ARGS(local)

);



TRACE_EVENT(drv_set_bitrate_mask,

	TP_PROTO(struct ieee80211_local *local,

		 struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,

		 const struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask *mask),



	TP_ARGS(local, sdata, mask),



	TP_STRUCT__entry(

		LOCAL_ENTRY

		VIF_ENTRY

		__field(u32, legacy_2g)

		__field(u32, legacy_5g)

	),



	TP_fast_assign(

		LOCAL_ASSIGN;

		VIF_ASSIGN;

		__entry->legacy_2g = mask->control[IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ].legacy;

		__entry->legacy_5g = mask->control[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ].legacy;

	),



	TP_printk(

		LOCAL_PR_FMT  VIF_PR_FMT " 2G Mask:0x%x 5G Mask:0x%x",

		LOCAL_PR_ARG, VIF_PR_ARG, __entry->legacy_2g, __entry->legacy_5g

	)

);



/*

 * Tracing for API calls that drivers call.

 */