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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: make noack test available

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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There's this internal wifi_wme_noack_test variable that
> we use to set the QoS control if set. For one, it is
> unlikely that it is set. Secondly, if set it needs to
> influence the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK TX control flag,
> and finally we should also be able to set it at all, so
> make it available in debugfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/debugfs.c     |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h |    1 +
>  net/mac80211/tx.c          |    5 ++++-
>  net/mac80211/wme.c         |    2 +-
>  4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/tx.c     2009-05-12 21:44:01.000000000 +0200
> +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/tx.c  2009-05-12 22:03:26.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1087,7 +1087,10 @@ __ieee80211_tx_prepare(struct ieee80211_
>                info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK;
>        } else {
>                tx->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_UNICAST;
> -               info->flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK;
> +               if (unlikely(local->wifi_wme_noack_test))
> +                       info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK;
> +               else
> +                       info->flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK;
>        }

While you are at it, why not clean up this code completely? IMHO the
unset-bit operations are useless, given that both TX_UNICAST and
TX_CTL_NO_ACK are initialized to zero at the beginning of
__ieee80211_tx_prepare. This also makes it possible to set
TX_CTL_NO_ACK in a TX handler, which is IMO much nicer (not to mention
that it significantly simplifies the work needed to support Radiotap's
TX flags once they land).

(BTW should we implement the already-stable parts of TX flags now, or
is it a better idea to wait till it is final?)

--Gábor

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