[PATCH v2 3/4] ath10k: implement 802.3 SNAP rx decap type A-MSDU handling

Michal Kazior michal.kazior at tieto.com
Tue Aug 13 01:59:37 EDT 2013


This enables driver to rx another decapped a-msdu
frames. It should possibly help with throughputs
in some cases and reduce (or eliminate) number of
messages like this:

  ath10k: error processing msdus -524

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>
---
v2:
 * use a comment instead of a no-op if clause

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
index e784c40..9bb0ae89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
@@ -610,8 +610,7 @@ static int ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu(struct ath10k_htt *htt,
 			RX_MPDU_START_INFO0_ENCRYPT_TYPE);
 
 	/* FIXME: No idea what assumptions are safe here. Need logs */
-	if ((fmt == RX_MSDU_DECAP_RAW && skb->next) ||
-	    (fmt == RX_MSDU_DECAP_8023_SNAP_LLC)) {
+	if ((fmt == RX_MSDU_DECAP_RAW && skb->next)) {
 		ath10k_htt_rx_free_msdu_chain(skb->next);
 		skb->next = NULL;
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
@@ -659,6 +658,15 @@ static int ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu(struct ath10k_htt *htt,
 			decap_hdr += roundup(crypto_len, 4);
 		}
 
+		/* When fmt == RX_MSDU_DECAP_8023_SNAP_LLC:
+		 *
+		 * SNAP 802.3 consists of:
+		 * [dst:6][src:6][len:2][dsap:1][ssap:1][ctl:1][snap:5]
+		 * [data][fcs:4].
+		 *
+		 * Since this overlaps with A-MSDU header (da, sa, len)
+		 * there's nothing extra to do. */
+
 		if (fmt == RX_MSDU_DECAP_ETHERNET2_DIX) {
 			/* Ethernet2 decap inserts ethernet header in place of
 			 * A-MSDU subframe header. */
-- 
1.7.9.5




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