ath10k: don't drop corrupted mgmt frames
authorMichal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:34:08 +0000 (15:34 +0100)
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:34:53 +0000 (08:34 +0200)
Some firmware revisions don't seem to deilver
management frames with FCS error via WMI so narrow
down the HTT rule to not drop corrupted management
frames.

This basically increases number of frames ath10k
reports while sniffing.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c

index 75b229345beb760b062fdb1c346f8f7e4a463bf2..85910b2a2373bc85e65d6ad24db3d1d53a26e6fe 100644 (file)
@@ -1381,6 +1381,8 @@ static bool ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu_allowed(struct ath10k *ar,
 {
        struct sk_buff *msdu;
        struct htt_rx_desc *rxd;
+       bool is_mgmt;
+       bool has_fcs_err;
 
        msdu = skb_peek(amsdu);
        rxd = (void *)msdu->data - sizeof(*rxd);
@@ -1394,12 +1396,19 @@ static bool ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu_allowed(struct ath10k *ar,
                return false;
        }
 
+       is_mgmt = !!(rxd->attention.flags &
+                    __cpu_to_le32(RX_ATTENTION_FLAGS_MGMT_TYPE));
+       has_fcs_err = !!(rxd->attention.flags &
+                        __cpu_to_le32(RX_ATTENTION_FLAGS_FCS_ERR));
+
        /* Management frames are handled via WMI events. The pros of such
         * approach is that channel is explicitly provided in WMI events
         * whereas HTT doesn't provide channel information for Rxed frames.
+        *
+        * However some firmware revisions don't report corrupted frames via
+        * WMI so don't drop them.
         */
-       if (rxd->attention.flags &
-           __cpu_to_le32(RX_ATTENTION_FLAGS_MGMT_TYPE)) {
+       if (is_mgmt && !has_fcs_err) {
                ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_HTT, "htt rx mgmt ctrl\n");
                return false;
        }
index c300a53ed6b0c455502b5c92d6a39fc1f082038e..cd1e5e546a248d28b7aa2eaf3246b691ea74b3d5 100644 (file)
@@ -1166,8 +1166,11 @@ static int ath10k_wmi_event_mgmt_rx(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (rx_status & WMI_RX_STATUS_ERR_CRC)
-               status->flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC;
+       if (rx_status & WMI_RX_STATUS_ERR_CRC) {
+               dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        if (rx_status & WMI_RX_STATUS_ERR_MIC)
                status->flag |= RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR;