[PATCH] wcn36xx: initiate TX BA sessions

Eugene Krasnikov k.eugene.e at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 05:11:01 EDT 2014


I do not think calling wcn36xx_tx_start_ampdu from a DATA path is a
good idea. I would suggest to move it to a separate work. What do you
think?

2014-03-07 17:58 GMT+00:00 Bob Copeland <me at bobcopeland.com>:
> Currently, wcn36xx only asks for a TX BA session if it has
> already established one for RX.  Thus, two wcn36xx devices cannot
> do a-mpdu between themselves since they both wait for the other
> to go first.  Fix this by starting a BA session after a few QoS
> data frames have been sent to a STA.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <bob at cozybit.com>
> ---
> This applies on top of my previous three patches.
>
>  main.c    |   13 ++++++++++++-
>  txrx.c    |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  wcn36xx.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
> index 10ef672..17f4aaa 100644
> --- a/main.c
> +++ b/main.c
> @@ -915,21 +915,32 @@ static int wcn36xx_ampdu_action(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>                         get_sta_index(vif, sta_priv));
>                 wcn36xx_smd_add_ba(wcn);
>                 wcn36xx_smd_trigger_ba(wcn, get_sta_index(vif, sta_priv));
> -               ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(sta, tid, 0);
>                 break;
>         case IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_STOP:
>                 wcn36xx_smd_del_ba(wcn, tid, get_sta_index(vif, sta_priv));
>                 break;
>         case IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_START:
> +               spin_lock_bh(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +               sta_priv->ampdu_state[tid] = WCN36XX_AMPDU_START;
> +               spin_unlock_bh(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +
>                 ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe(vif, sta->addr, tid);
>                 break;
>         case IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_OPERATIONAL:
> +               spin_lock_bh(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +               sta_priv->ampdu_state[tid] = WCN36XX_AMPDU_OPERATIONAL;
> +               spin_unlock_bh(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +
>                 wcn36xx_smd_add_ba_session(wcn, sta, tid, ssn, 1,
>                         get_sta_index(vif, sta_priv));
>                 break;
>         case IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_STOP_FLUSH:
>         case IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_STOP_FLUSH_CONT:
>         case IEEE80211_AMPDU_TX_STOP_CONT:
> +               spin_lock_bh(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +               sta_priv->ampdu_state[tid] = WCN36XX_AMPDU_NONE;
> +               spin_unlock_bh(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +
>                 ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe(vif, sta->addr, tid);
>                 break;
>         default:
> diff --git a/txrx.c b/txrx.c
> index ce87313..2bfe43a 100644
> --- a/txrx.c
> +++ b/txrx.c
> @@ -199,6 +199,45 @@ static void wcn36xx_set_tx_mgmt(struct wcn36xx_tx_bd *bd,
>         *vif_priv = __vif_priv;
>  }
>
> +/*
> + * Initiate TX a-mpdu with the station if we can.
> + */
> +static void wcn36xx_tx_start_ampdu(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
> +                                  struct wcn36xx_sta *sta_priv,
> +                                  struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> +       struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
> +       struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
> +       u8 *qc, tid;
> +
> +       if (!sta_priv || !conf_is_ht(&wcn->hw->conf))
> +               return;
> +
> +       sta = wcn36xx_priv_to_sta(sta_priv);
> +
> +       hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
> +       if (!ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control))
> +               return;
> +
> +       if (skb_get_queue_mapping(skb) == IEEE80211_AC_VO)
> +               return;
> +
> +       qc = ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr);
> +       tid = qc[0] & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_TID_MASK;
> +
> +       spin_lock(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +       if (sta_priv->ampdu_state[tid] != WCN36XX_AMPDU_NONE)
> +               goto out_unlock;
> +
> +       if (sta_priv->non_agg_frame_ct++ >= WCN36XX_AMPDU_START_THRESH) {
> +               sta_priv->ampdu_state[tid] = WCN36XX_AMPDU_START;
> +               sta_priv->non_agg_frame_ct = 0;
> +               ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(sta, tid, 0);
> +       }
> +out_unlock:
> +       spin_unlock(&sta_priv->ampdu_lock);
> +}
> +
>  int wcn36xx_start_tx(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
>                      struct wcn36xx_sta *sta_priv,
>                      struct sk_buff *skb)
> @@ -212,6 +251,8 @@ int wcn36xx_start_tx(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
>                 is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1);
>         struct wcn36xx_tx_bd *bd = wcn36xx_dxe_get_next_bd(wcn, is_low);
>
> +       wcn36xx_tx_start_ampdu(wcn, sta_priv, skb);
> +
>         if (!bd) {
>                 /*
>                  * TX DXE are used in pairs. One for the BD and one for the
> diff --git a/wcn36xx.h b/wcn36xx.h
> index 70b0d06..725389e 100644
> --- a/wcn36xx.h
> +++ b/wcn36xx.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
>  #define WLAN_NV_FILE               "wlan/prima/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin"
>  #define WCN36XX_AGGR_BUFFER_SIZE 64
>
> +/* How many frames until we start a-mpdu TX session */
> +#define WCN36XX_AMPDU_START_THRESH     20
> +
>  extern unsigned int wcn36xx_dbg_mask;
>
>  enum wcn36xx_debug_mask {
> @@ -75,6 +78,13 @@ enum wcn36xx_debug_mask {
>                                buf, len, false);                \
>  } while (0)
>
> +enum wcn36xx_ampdu_state {
> +       WCN36XX_AMPDU_NONE,
> +       WCN36XX_AMPDU_INIT,
> +       WCN36XX_AMPDU_START,
> +       WCN36XX_AMPDU_OPERATIONAL,
> +};
> +
>  #define WCN36XX_HW_CHANNEL(__wcn) (__wcn->hw->conf.chandef.chan->hw_value)
>  #define WCN36XX_BAND(__wcn) (__wcn->hw->conf.chandef.chan->band)
>  #define WCN36XX_CENTER_FREQ(__wcn) (__wcn->hw->conf.chandef.chan->center_freq)
> @@ -166,6 +176,10 @@ struct wcn36xx_sta {
>         bool is_data_encrypted;
>         /* Rates */
>         struct wcn36xx_hal_supported_rates supported_rates;
> +
> +       spinlock_t ampdu_lock;          /* protects next two fields */
> +       enum wcn36xx_ampdu_state ampdu_state[16];
> +       int non_agg_frame_ct;
>  };
>  struct wcn36xx_dxe_ch;
>  struct wcn36xx {
> @@ -262,4 +276,10 @@ struct wcn36xx_sta *wcn36xx_sta_to_priv(struct ieee80211_sta *sta)
>         return (struct wcn36xx_sta *)sta->drv_priv;
>  }
>
> +static inline
> +struct ieee80211_sta *wcn36xx_priv_to_sta(struct wcn36xx_sta *sta_priv)
> +{
> +       return container_of((void *) sta_priv, struct ieee80211_sta, drv_priv);
> +}
> +
>  #endif /* _WCN36XX_H_ */
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
>
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-- 
Best regards,
Eugene



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