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Re: [RFC] mac80211: Enhancements to dynamic power save.

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On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 20:44 -0800, Vivek Natarajan wrote:
> This patch enables mac80211 to send a null frame and also to
> check for tim in the beacon if power save is enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me, to be sure, this is all dependent on !NO_STACK_PS,
right?

johannes

> ---
>  net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h |    3 +++
>  net/mac80211/mlme.c        |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  net/mac80211/scan.c        |    2 +-
>  net/mac80211/wext.c        |   13 +++++++++----
>  4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
> index f3eec98..2038498 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
> +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
> @@ -986,6 +986,9 @@ u64 ieee80211_mandatory_rates(struct ieee80211_local *local,
>  void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_enable_work(struct work_struct *work);
>  void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_disable_work(struct work_struct *work);
>  void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer(unsigned long data);
> +void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
> +			     struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> +			     int powersave);
>  
>  void ieee80211_wake_queues_by_reason(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  				     enum queue_stop_reason reason);
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> index b23e62b..ca22718 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
> @@ -568,6 +568,30 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_wmm_params(struct ieee80211_local *local,
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static bool check_tim(struct ieee802_11_elems *elems, u16 aid, bool *is_mc)
> +{
> +	u8 mask;
> +	u8 index, indexn1, indexn2;
> +	struct ieee80211_tim_ie *tim = (struct ieee80211_tim_ie *) elems->tim;
> +
> +	aid &= 0x3fff;
> +	index = aid / 8;
> +	mask  = 1 << (aid & 7);
> +
> +	if (tim->bitmap_ctrl & 0x01)
> +		*is_mc = true;
> +
> +	indexn1 = tim->bitmap_ctrl & 0xfe;
> +	indexn2 = elems->tim_len + indexn1 - 4;
> +
> +	if (index < indexn1 || index > indexn2)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	index -= indexn1;
> +
> +	return !!(tim->virtual_map[index] & mask);
> +}
> +
>  static u32 ieee80211_handle_bss_capability(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  					   u16 capab, bool erp_valid, u8 erp)
>  {
> @@ -752,6 +776,7 @@ static void ieee80211_set_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  			mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +
>  				  msecs_to_jiffies(local->dynamic_ps_timeout));
>  		else {
> +			ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
>  			conf->flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
>  			ieee80211_hw_config(local,
>  					    IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
> @@ -1729,7 +1754,7 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  	struct ieee802_11_elems elems;
>  	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
>  	u32 changed = 0;
> -	bool erp_valid;
> +	bool erp_valid, directed_tim, is_mc = false;
>  	u8 erp_value = 0;
>  
>  	/* Process beacon from the current BSS */
> @@ -1752,6 +1777,18 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  	ieee80211_sta_wmm_params(local, ifsta, elems.wmm_param,
>  				 elems.wmm_param_len);
>  
> +	if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS)) {
> +		directed_tim = check_tim(&elems, ifsta->aid, &is_mc);
> +
> +		if (directed_tim || is_mc) {
> +			if (local->hw.conf.flags && IEEE80211_CONF_PS) {
> +				local->hw.conf.flags &= ~IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
> +				ieee80211_hw_config(local,
> +						IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
> +				ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0);
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
>  
>  	if (elems.erp_info && elems.erp_info_len >= 1) {
>  		erp_valid = true;
> @@ -2651,10 +2688,12 @@ void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_enable_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  	struct ieee80211_local *local =
>  		container_of(work, struct ieee80211_local,
>  			     dynamic_ps_enable_work);
> +	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = local->scan_sdata;
>  
>  	if (local->hw.conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_PS)
>  		return;
>  
> +	ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
>  	local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
>  
>  	ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
> index f5c7c33..a2caeed 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
> @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ ieee80211_scan_rx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	return RX_QUEUED;
>  }
>  
> -static void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
> +void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
>  				    struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
>  				    int powersave)
>  {
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/wext.c b/net/mac80211/wext.c
> index 673c5d7..6470614 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/wext.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/wext.c
> @@ -871,12 +871,17 @@ set:
>  			mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +
>  				  msecs_to_jiffies(local->dynamic_ps_timeout));
>  		else {
> -			if (local->powersave)
> +			if (local->powersave) {
> +				ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
>  				conf->flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
> -			else
> +				ret = ieee80211_hw_config(local,
> +						IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
> +			} else {
>  				conf->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
> -			ret = ieee80211_hw_config(local,
> -					IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
> +				ret = ieee80211_hw_config(local,
> +						IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
> +				ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0);
> +			}
>  		}
>  	}
>  

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