ath9k: fix issues that have been plaguing some powersave clients since the tx queuein...
authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:01:11 +0000 (13:01 +0000)
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:01:11 +0000 (13:01 +0000)
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
SVN-Revision: 39688

package/kernel/mac80211/patches/300-pending_work.patch

index f8d7f2607d7e92585ff43ffcf0e1482fe7e6a5b8..b0c90737bb5bf5eb5bce8cef005c28256d781d46 100644 (file)
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+commit 0f1cb7be2551b30b02cd54c897e0e29e483cfda5
+Author: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+Date:   Sat Feb 22 13:43:29 2014 +0100
+
+    ath9k: fix ps-poll responses under a-mpdu sessions
+    
+    When passing tx frames to the U-APSD queue for powersave poll responses,
+    the ath_atx_tid pointer needs to be passed to ath_tx_setup_buffer for
+    proper sequence number accounting.
+    
+    This fixes high latency and connection stability issues with ath9k
+    running as AP and a few kinds of mobile phones as client, when PS-Poll
+    is heavily used
+    
+    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
+    Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+
 commit d5d87a37bbd6066b2c3c5d0bd0fe2a6e2ea45cc5
 Author: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
 Date:   Fri Feb 21 11:39:59 2014 +0100
@@ -3001,6 +3018,24 @@ Date:   Thu Jan 23 20:06:34 2014 +0100
                buffered = ath_tid_has_buffered(tid);
  
                tid->sched = false;
+@@ -2184,14 +2186,15 @@ int ath_tx_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw
+               txq->stopped = true;
+       }
++      if (txctl->an)
++              tid = ath_get_skb_tid(sc, txctl->an, skb);
++
+       if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PS_RESPONSE) {
+               ath_txq_unlock(sc, txq);
+               txq = sc->tx.uapsdq;
+               ath_txq_lock(sc, txq);
+       } else if (txctl->an &&
+                  ieee80211_is_data_present(hdr->frame_control)) {
+-              tid = ath_get_skb_tid(sc, txctl->an, skb);
+-
+               WARN_ON(tid->ac->txq != txctl->txq);
+               if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT)
 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
 +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
 @@ -943,6 +943,7 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct at