[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: set RX_FLAG_SKIP_MONITOR in WBM error path
Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
quic_vthiagar at quicinc.com
Mon Jul 7 21:02:03 PDT 2025
On 6/5/2025 10:31 AM, P Praneesh wrote:
> Packets delivered to mac80211 from the WBM error path currently do not
> have the RX_FLAG_SKIP_MONITOR flag set in status->flag. As a result,
> mac80211 performs unnecessary monitor mode checks on each packet, even
> though these packets are not intended for monitor mode processing.
> In regular rx path, this flag is explicitly set to avoid such overhead.
> Align the WBM error path behavior by setting RX_FLAG_SKIP_MONITOR to
> prevent redundant per-packet checks in mac80211.
>
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
>
> Signed-off-by: P Praneesh <praneesh.p at oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanthakumar.thiagarajan at oss.qualcomm.com>
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