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Re: [PATCH] ath10k: remove htt rx amsdu clear retry bit hack

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Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> -       /* FIXME: Hopefully this is a temporary measure.
>> -        *
>> -        * Reporting individual A-MSDU subframes means each reported frame
>> -        * shares the same sequence number.
>> -        *
>> -        * mac80211 drops frames it recognizes as duplicates, i.e.
>> -        * retransmission flag is set and sequence number matches sequence
>> -        * number from a previous frame (as per IEEE 802.11-2012: 9.3.2.10
>> -        * "Duplicate detection and recovery")
>> -        *
>> -        * To avoid frames being dropped clear retransmission flag for all
>> -        * received A-MSDUs.
>> -        *
>> -        * Worst case: actual duplicate frames will be reported but this should
>> -        * still be handled gracefully by other OSI/ISO layers. */
>> -       hdr->frame_control &= cpu_to_le16(~IEEE80211_FCTL_RETRY);
>> -
>>         first = skb;
>>         while (skb) {
>>                 void *decap_hdr;
>>
>
> You're missing RX_FLAG_AMSDU_MORE. All subframes (except the last one)
> from an A-MSDU that are reported separately must have the bit set in
> status->flag. Only then mac80211 can apply retransmission/duplication
> check properly.

I'll send v2, thanks for the review.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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