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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix the way ADDBA request count being modified

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On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 14:11 +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote:
> addba_req_num[tid] is supposed to have the count of consecutive
> addba request attempts on 'tid' which failed. This count is checked
> against a retry threshold (3 times) before starting the addba negotiation.
> This patch fixes the way this addba count is incremented/reset and thereby
> avoids indefinite addba attempts.

I've never actually seen this hit in practise, so I'll trust you on
it :)

johannes

> Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/agg-tx.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
> index 43d00ff..9e5762a 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
> @@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ static int ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
>  
>  	state = &sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_state_tx[tid];
>  
> +	if (*state == HT_AGG_STATE_OPERATIONAL)
> +		sta->ampdu_mlme.addba_req_num[tid] = 0;
> +
>  	*state = HT_AGG_STATE_REQ_STOP_BA_MSK |
>  		(initiator << HT_AGG_STATE_INITIATOR_SHIFT);
>  
> @@ -337,6 +340,7 @@ int ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 *ra, u16 tid)
>  			 sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_tx[tid]->dialog_token,
>  			 sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_tx[tid]->ssn,
>  			 0x40, 5000);
> +	sta->ampdu_mlme.addba_req_num[tid]++;
>  	/* activate the timer for the recipient's addBA response */
>  	sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_tx[tid]->addba_resp_timer.expires =
>  				jiffies + ADDBA_RESP_INTERVAL;
> @@ -606,7 +610,6 @@ void ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 *ra, u8 tid)
>  
>  	*state = HT_AGG_STATE_IDLE;
>  	/* from now on packets are no longer put onto sta->pending */
> -	sta->ampdu_mlme.addba_req_num[tid] = 0;
>  	kfree(sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_tx[tid]);
>  	sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_tx[tid] = NULL;
>  
> @@ -689,7 +692,6 @@ void ieee80211_process_addba_resp(struct ieee80211_local *local,
>  
>  		sta->ampdu_mlme.addba_req_num[tid] = 0;
>  	} else {
> -		sta->ampdu_mlme.addba_req_num[tid]++;
>  		___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(sta, tid, WLAN_BACK_INITIATOR);
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);

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