On Sunday 09 January 2011 16:46:56 Jussi Kivilinna wrote:
> Quoting Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Wednesday 05 January 2011 00:49:10 Jussi Kivilinna wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
> >> b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
> >> index aace010..a3c7e8f 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c
> >> @@ -958,16 +958,46 @@ static int zd_op_config(struct ieee80211_hw
> >> *hw, u32 changed)
> >> return zd_chip_set_channel(&mac->chip, conf->channel->hw_value);
> >> }
> >>
> >> +static void zd_beacon_done(struct zd_mac *mac)
> >> +{
> >
> > this is an interesting one...
> >
> > Since zd_beacon_done also uploads the next beacon so long in advance,
> > there could be an equally long race between the outdated state of the
> > next beacon's DTIM broadcast traffic indicator (802.11-2007 7.3.2.6)
> > which -in your case- was uploaded almost a beacon interval ago and
> > the xmit of ieee80211_get_buffered_bc *now*.
> >
> > The dtim bc/mc bit might be not set, when a mc/bc arrived after the
> > beacon was uploaded, but before the "beacon done event" from the
> > hardware. So, dozing stations don't expect the broadcast traffic
> > and of course, they might miss it completely.
> >
> > It's probably better to fix this in mac80211 (see the attached hack).
>
> Ok, should I add this to my patchset?
well, difficult to say. As far as I can say, it should be correct for "your
case". But, on the other hand: what about solutions that can't buffer
mc/bc frames (and needs to call ieee80211_get_buffered_bc), however the
firmware is clever enough to maintain a beacon internally (so they
won't call ieee80211_beacon_get and only relies on set_tim)?
Sure, it's just a unlikely corner case... In fact, I didn't check if
that's even possible, but it does sound reasonable to some extend.
> > In fact, you could just as well drop "[09/17] zd1211rw: implement
> > seq_num for IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ"... unless of course, I'm
> > an idiot and there is a really clever way around these issues.
>
> Oh well, I should have checked this more closely before doing that
> patch. HW is assigning seq-numbers already and that patch is not needed.
heh, p54's fw can assign sequence numbers as well, but there's a txdesc flag
to control the counter, so the firmware does not mess with the sequence control
of QoS-Data frames. I hope zd1211* has one too.
Regards,
Chr
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