kernel/include/net/mac80211.h, branch linux-4.16.y

mac80211: add ieee80211_hw flag for QoS NDP support

2018-03-21T09:56:18Z

Commit 7b6ddeaf27ec ("mac80211: use QoS NDP for AP probing") added an argument qos_ok to ieee80211_nullfunc_get to support QoS NDP. Despite the claim in the commit log "Change all the drivers to *not* allow QoS NDP for now, even though it looks like most of them should be OK with that", this commit enables QoS NDP in response to beacons (see change to mlme.c:ieee80211_send_nullfunc), causing ath9k_htc to lose IP connectivity. See: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10241109/ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891060 Introduce a hardware flag to allow such buggy drivers to override the correct default behaviour of mac80211 of sending QoS NDP packets. Signed-off-by: Ben Caradoc-Davies Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Merge tag 'mac80211-for-davem-2018-02-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211

2018-02-22T20:17:01Z

Johannes Berg says: ==================== Various fixes across the tree, the shortlog basically says it all: cfg80211: fix cfg80211_beacon_dup -> old bug in this code cfg80211: clear wep keys after disconnection -> certain ways of disconnecting left the keys mac80211: round IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM up to multiple of 4 -> alignment issues with using 14 bytes mac80211: Do not disconnect on invalid operating class -> if the AP has a bogus operating class, let it be mac80211: Fix sending ADDBA response for an ongoing session -> don't send the same frame twice cfg80211: use only 1Mbps for basic rates in mesh -> interop issue with old versions of our code mac80211_hwsim: don't use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM -> it causes splats because it flushes work on a non-reclaim WQ regulatory: add NUL to request alpha2 -> nla_put_string() issue from Kees mac80211: mesh: fix wrong mesh TTL offset calculation -> protocol issue mac80211: fix a possible leak of station stats -> error path might leak memory mac80211: fix calling sleeping function in atomic context -> percpu allocations need to be made with gfp flags ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

mac80211: round IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM up to multiple of 4

2018-02-19T12:13:36Z

This ensures that mac80211 allocated management frames are properly aligned, which makes copying them more efficient. For instance, mt76 uses iowrite32_copy to copy beacon frames to beacon template memory on the chip. Misaligned 32-bit accesses cause CPU exceptions on MIPS and should be avoided. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Revert "mac80211: Add TXQ scheduling API"

2017-12-19T09:12:48Z

This reverts commit e937b8da5a591f141fe41aa48a2e898df9888c95. Turns out that a new driver (mt76) is coming in through Kalle's tree, and will conflict with this. It also has some conflicting requirements, so we'll revisit this later. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Revert "mac80211: Add airtime account and scheduling to TXQs"

2017-12-19T09:12:26Z

This reverts commit b0d52ad821843a6c5badebd80feef9f871904fa6. We need to revert the TXQ scheduling API due to conflicts with a new driver, and this depends on that API. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: Add airtime account and scheduling to TXQs

2017-12-11T11:40:24Z

This adds airtime accounting and scheduling to the mac80211 TXQ scheduler. A new hardware flag, AIRTIME_ACCOUNTING, is added that drivers can set if they support reporting airtime usage of transmissions. When this flag is set, mac80211 will expect the actual airtime usage to be reported in the tx_time and rx_time fields of the respective status structs. When airtime information is present, mac80211 will schedule TXQs (through ieee80211_next_txq()) in a way that enforces airtime fairness between active stations. This scheduling works the same way as the ath9k in-driver airtime fairness scheduling. Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: Add TXQ scheduling API

2017-12-11T11:37:51Z

This adds an API to mac80211 to handle scheduling of TXQs and changes the interface between driver and mac80211 for TXQ handling as follows: - The wake_tx_queue callback interface no longer includes the TXQ. Instead, the driver is expected to retrieve that from ieee80211_next_txq() - Two new mac80211 functions are added: ieee80211_next_txq() and ieee80211_schedule_txq(). The former returns the next TXQ that should be scheduled, and is how the driver gets a queue to pull packets from. The latter is called internally by mac80211 to start scheduling a queue, and the driver is supposed to call it to re-schedule the TXQ after it is finished pulling packets from it (unless the queue emptied). The ath9k and ath10k drivers are changed to use the new API. Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: Add MIC space only for TX key option

2017-12-11T11:20:17Z

Add a key flag to indicates that the device only needs MIC space and not a real MIC. In such cases, keep the MIC zeroed for ease of debug. Signed-off-by: David Spinadel Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: enable TDLS peer buffer STA feature

2017-12-11T11:16:05Z

Allow drivers to set the buffer station extended capability for TDLS links, with a new hardware flag indicating this. Signed-off-by: Yingying Tang [change commit log/documentation wording] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: use QoS NDP for AP probing

2017-11-27T10:23:20Z

When connected to a QoS/WMM AP, mac80211 should use a QoS NDP for probing it, instead of a regular non-QoS one, fix this. Change all the drivers to *not* allow QoS NDP for now, even though it looks like most of them should be OK with that. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg