kernel/net/mac80211/main.c, branch linux-5.1.y

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

2019-02-24T20:06:19Z

Three conflicts, one of which, for marvell10g.c is non-trivial and requires some follow-up from Heiner or someone else. The issue is that Heiner converted the marvell10g driver over to use the generic c45 code as much as possible. However, in 'net' a bug fix appeared which makes sure that a new local mask (MDIO_AN_10GBT_CTRL_ADV_NBT_MASK) with value 0x01e0 is cleared. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

mac80211: Change default tx_sk_pacing_shift to 7

2019-02-22T12:32:55Z

When we did the original tests for the optimal value of sk_pacing_shift, we came up with 6 ms of buffering as the default. Sadly, 6 is not a power of two, so when picking the shift value I erred on the size of less buffering and picked 4 ms instead of 8. This was probably wrong; those 2 ms of extra buffering makes a larger difference than I thought. So, change the default pacing shift to 7, which corresponds to 8 ms of buffering. The point of diminishing returns really kicks in after 8 ms, and so having this as a default should cut down on the need for extensive per-device testing and overrides needed in the drivers. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: indicate support for multiple BSSID

2019-02-08T12:56:37Z

Set multi-bssid support flags according to driver support. Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: allow overriding HT STBC capabilities

2019-01-19T08:53:49Z

Allow user to override STBC configuration for Rx and Tx spatial streams. In practice RX/TX STBC settings can be modified using appropriate options in wpa_supplicant configuration file: tx_stbc=-1..1 rx_stbc=-1..3 This functionality has been added to wpa_supplicant in commit cdeea70f59d0. In FullMAC case these STBC options are passed to drivers by cfg80211 connect callback in fields of cfg80211_connect_params structure. However for mac80211 drivers, e.g. for mac80211_hwsim, overrides for STBC settings are ignored. The reason why RX/TX STBC capabilities are not modified for mac80211 drivers is as follows. All drivers need to specify supported HT/VHT overrides explicitly: see ht_capa_mod_mask and vht_capa_mod_mask fields of wiphy structure. Only supported overrides will be passed to drivers by cfg80211_connect and cfg80211_mlme_assoc operations: see bitwise 'AND' performed by cfg80211_oper_and_ht_capa and cfg80211_oper_and_vht_capa. This commit adds RX/TX STBC HT capabilities to mac80211_ht_capa_mod_mask, allowing their modifications, as well as applies requested STBC modifications in function ieee80211_apply_htcap_overrides. Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: Add airtime accounting and scheduling to TXQs

2019-01-19T08:31:43Z

This adds airtime accounting and scheduling to the mac80211 TXQ scheduler. A new callback, ieee80211_sta_register_airtime(), is added that drivers can call to report airtime usage for stations. 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. If no airtime usage is reported by the driver, the scheduler will default to round-robin scheduling. For drivers that don't control TXQ scheduling in software, a new API function, ieee80211_txq_may_transmit(), is added which the driver can use to check if the TXQ is eligible for transmission, or should be throttled to enforce fairness. Calls to this function must also be enclosed in ieee80211_txq_schedule_{start,end}() calls to ensure proper locking. The API ieee80211_txq_may_transmit() also ensures that TXQ list will be aligned aginst driver's own round-robin scheduler list. i.e it rotates the TXQ list till it makes the requested node becomes the first entry in TXQ list. Thus both the TXQ list and driver's list are in sync. Co-developed-by: Rajkumar Manoharan Signed-off-by: Louie Lu [added debugfs write op to reset airtime counter] Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: Add TXQ scheduling API

2019-01-19T08:24:12Z

This adds an API to mac80211 to handle scheduling of TXQs. The interface between driver and mac80211 for TXQ handling is changed by adding two new functions: ieee80211_next_txq(), which will return the next TXQ to schedule in the current round-robin rotation, and ieee80211_return_txq(), which the driver uses to indicate that it has finished scheduling a TXQ (which will then be put back in the scheduling rotation if it isn't empty). The driver must call ieee80211_txq_schedule_start() at the start of each scheduling session, and ieee80211_txq_schedule_end() at the end. The API then guarantees that the same TXQ is not returned twice in the same session (so a driver can loop on ieee80211_next_txq() without worrying about breaking the loop. Usage of the new API is optional, so drivers can be ported one at a time. In this patch, the actual scheduling performed by mac80211 is simple round-robin, but a subsequent commit adds airtime fairness awareness to the scheduler. Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen [minor kernel-doc fix, propagate sparse locking checks out] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

2018-12-20T19:53:36Z

Lots of conflicts, by happily all cases of overlapping changes, parallel adds, things of that nature. Thanks to Stephen Rothwell, Saeed Mahameed, and others for their guidance in these resolutions. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

mac80211: never pass NULL params to ieee80211_if_add()

2018-12-18T12:17:26Z

This isn't really a problem now, but it means that the function has a few NULL checks that are only relevant when coming from the initial interface added in mac80211, and that's confusing. Just pass non-NULL (but equivalently empty) in that case and remove all the NULL checks. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: fix a kernel panic when TXing after TXQ teardown

2018-12-18T12:03:32Z

Recently TXQ teardown was moved earlier in ieee80211_unregister_hw(), to avoid a use-after-free of the netdev data. However, interfaces aren't fully removed at the point, and cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces can for example, TX a deauth frame. Move the TXQ teardown to the point between cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces and the free of netdev queues, so we can be sure they are torn down before netdev is freed, but after there is no ongoing TX. Fixes: 77cfaf52eca5 ("mac80211: Run TXQ teardown code before de-registering interfaces") Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: minstrel: merge with minstrel_ht, always enable VHT support

2018-10-11T14:01:01Z

Legacy-only devices are not very common and the overhead of the extra code for HT and VHT rates is not big enough to justify all those extra lines of code to make it optional. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg