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

Michal Kazior michal.kazior at tieto.com
Tue Aug 13 01:18:42 EDT 2013


On 12 August 2013 16:55, Kalle Valo <kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> writes:
>
>> 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>
>
> [...]
>
>> @@ -659,6 +658,15 @@ static int ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu(struct ath10k_htt *htt,
>>                       decap_hdr += roundup(crypto_len, 4);
>>               }
>>
>> +             if (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. */
>> +             }
>
> This block doesn't have any code, is that on purpose? Most likely a
> static checker finds this later and we need to remove it.
>
> If your idea is to document the LLC case (which is very good!) it's
> better to do everything inside a comment, for example like this:
>
>         /* 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. */

Yes, it's on purpose. I'll make a comment out of it then.


Pozdrawiam / Best regards,
Michał Kazior.



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