RFC: Store premable and g-mode flags in ieee80211_tx_info

[Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This way, you don't need to pass vif to ieee80211_rts_duration.


diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index fe8b9da..5d3de80 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
  * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC: tells the driver to use LDPC for this frame
  * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC: Enables Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) for this
  *     frame and selects the maximum number of streams that it can use.
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_SHORT_PREAMBLE: Sdata->vif is configured for short_preamble.
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_GMODE: Sdata is configured for GMode.
  *
  * Note: If you have to add new flags to the enumeration, then don't
  *      forget to update %IEEE80211_TX_TEMPORARY_FLAGS when necessary.
@@ -349,6 +351,8 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
        IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NL80211_FRAME_TX     = BIT(21),
        IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC                   = BIT(22),
        IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC                   = BIT(23) | BIT(24),
+       IEEE80211_TX_SHORT_PREABLE              = BIT(25),
+       IEEE80211_TX_GMODE                      = BIT(26),
 };

 #define IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC_SHIFT            23
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index e1733dc..0ed22b5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1264,6 +1264,14 @@ ieee80211_tx_prepare(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        }
        info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT;

+       /* Set this here so drivers don't need to reference vif
+        * when calling ieee80211_rts_duration
+        */
+       if (sdata->vif.bss_conf.use_short_preamble)
+               tx.flags |= IEEE80211_TX_SHORT_PREABLE;
+       if (sdata->flags & IEEE80211_SDATA_OPERATING_GMODE)
+               tx.flags |= IEEE80211_TX_GMODE
+
        return TX_CONTINUE;
 }

diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index aba025d..bd2227d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ __le16 ieee80211_rts_duration(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
                short_preamble = sdata->vif.bss_conf.use_short_preamble;
                if (sdata->flags & IEEE80211_SDATA_OPERATING_GMODE)
                        erp = rate->flags & IEEE80211_RATE_ERP_G;
+       } else {
+               short_preamble = !!(frame_txctl->flags & IEEE80211_TX_SHORT_PREABLE);
+               if (frame_txctl->flags & IEEE80211_TX_GMODE)
+                       erp = rate->flags & IEEE80211_RATE_ERP_G;
        }

        /* CTS duration */

--
Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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