From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
We currently stop the queue when changing the rate
control between 20/40 MHz in the BSS. This seems to
have been necessary when we actually changed the
channel, but now that we just update the station it
doesn't seem right any more. Remove it.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 1 -
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 19 -------------------
2 files changed, 20 deletions(-)
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2012-03-15 16:39:21.000000000 +0100
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2012-03-15 16:39:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -743,7 +743,6 @@ enum queue_stop_reason {
IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_AGGREGATION,
IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND,
IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SKB_ADD,
- IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_CHTYPE_CHANGE,
};
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2012-03-15 16:39:21.000000000 +0100
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2012-03-15 16:39:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -212,21 +212,6 @@ static u32 ieee80211_config_ht_tx(struct
if (sta && (!reconfig ||
(disable_40 != !!(sta->sta.ht_cap.cap &
IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40)))) {
- if (reconfig) {
- /*
- * Whenever the AP announces the HT mode changed
- * (e.g. 40 MHz intolerant) stop queues to avoid
- * sending out frames while the rate control is
- * reconfiguring.
- */
- ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(&sdata->local->hw,
- IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_CHTYPE_CHANGE);
-
- /* flush out all packets */
- synchronize_net();
-
- drv_flush(local, false);
- }
if (disable_40)
sta->sta.ht_cap.cap &= ~IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SUP_WIDTH_20_40;
@@ -235,10 +220,6 @@ static u32 ieee80211_config_ht_tx(struct
rate_control_rate_update(local, sband, sta,
IEEE80211_RC_HT_CHANGED);
-
- if (reconfig)
- ieee80211_wake_queues_by_reason(&sdata->local->hw,
- IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_CHTYPE_CHANGE);
}
mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);
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