From patchwork Wed Feb 6 21:01:17 2013 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Seth Forshee X-Patchwork-Id: 2107801 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-linux-wireless@patchwork.kernel.org Delivered-To: patchwork-process-083081@patchwork2.kernel.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by patchwork2.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D32F1DF2A1 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2013 21:01:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758465Ab3BFVBg (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:01:36 -0500 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:53933 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758547Ab3BFVBe (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:01:34 -0500 Received: from 64-126-113-177.dyn.everestkc.net ([64.126.113.177] helo=canonical.com) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3C7W-0004xU-DR; Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:01:30 +0000 From: Seth Forshee To: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: Seth Forshee , Arend van Spriel , "John W. Linville" , brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com Subject: [PATCH 3/4] mac80211: Add off-channel PS state Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:01:17 -0600 Message-Id: <1360184478-31481-4-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 In-Reply-To: <1360184478-31481-1-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> References: <1360184478-31481-1-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Add a new powersave state for off-channel operation and transition to the off-channel code to using this state. Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee --- include/net/mac80211.h | 9 ++++++++- net/mac80211/offchannel.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index c5ca5ab..014dcec 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -868,6 +868,10 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_status { * up for beacons and is able to transmit and receive the possible * acknowledgement frames. Not to be confused with hardware specific * wakeup/sleep states; the driver is responsible for that. + * @IEEE80211_PS_OFFCHANNEL: The hardware is fully awake and is able to + * transmit and receive frames, but the AP is asked to buffer frames + * as during powersave. This is used for temporarily leaving the + * operating channel. * @IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE: The device is running, but idle; if the flag is set * the driver should be prepared to handle configuration requests but * may turn the device off as much as possible. Typically, this flag will @@ -881,6 +885,7 @@ enum ieee80211_conf_flags { IEEE80211_CONF_PS_MASK = (3<<1), IEEE80211_PS_AWAKE = (0<<1), IEEE80211_PS_DOZE = (1<<1), + IEEE80211_PS_OFFCHANNEL = (2<<1), IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE = (1<<3), IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL = (1<<4), }; @@ -1662,7 +1667,9 @@ void ieee80211_free_txskb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); * %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS_DOZE clear to avoid being placed into a low- * power state. %IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK should be set if the * hardware requires that mac80211 generate nullfunc frames when - * transitioning between powersave modes. + * transitioning between powersave modes. The %IEEE80211_PS_DOZE and + * %IEEE80211_PS_OFFCHANNEL modes must be supported by all drivers, but for + * most hardware these states are equivalent. * * Hardware which supports a low-power "doze" state should set the * %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS_DOZE hardware flag. This will make it possible diff --git a/net/mac80211/offchannel.c b/net/mac80211/offchannel.c index 22bba7a..6912339 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/offchannel.c +++ b/net/mac80211/offchannel.c @@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ static bool ieee80211_offchannel_ps_enable(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) cancel_work_sync(&local->dynamic_ps_enable_work); - if (ieee80211_conf_ps_mode(&local->hw.conf) == IEEE80211_PS_DOZE) { + if (ieee80211_conf_ps_mode(&local->hw.conf) == IEEE80211_PS_DOZE) local->offchannel_ps_enabled = true; - ieee80211_conf_set_ps_mode(&local->hw.conf, IEEE80211_PS_AWAKE); - ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS); - } + + ieee80211_conf_set_ps_mode(&local->hw.conf, IEEE80211_PS_OFFCHANNEL); + ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS); if (!local->offchannel_ps_enabled || !(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK)) @@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ static bool ieee80211_offchannel_ps_enable(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) * sent a null frame with power save disabled. So we need * to send a new nullfunc frame to inform the AP that we * are again sleeping. + * + * XXX: This should no longer be necessary with the off- + * channel PS state when the hw is creating the nullfunc + * frame, as hardware should have enough information to + * send the correct nullfunc frames. It remains to be seen + * whether or not this holds in practice. */ ret = ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1); @@ -68,9 +74,7 @@ static void ieee80211_offchannel_ps_disable(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) { struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local; - if (!local->ps_sdata) - ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0); - else if (local->offchannel_ps_enabled) { + if (local->offchannel_ps_enabled) { /* * In !IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK case the hardware * will send a nullfunc frame with the powersave bit set @@ -84,21 +88,23 @@ static void ieee80211_offchannel_ps_disable(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) * we are sleeping, let's just enable power save mode in * hardware. */ - /* TODO: Only set hardware if CONF_PS changed? - * TODO: Should we set offchannel_ps_enabled to false? + /* TODO: Should we set offchannel_ps_enabled to false? */ ieee80211_conf_set_ps_mode(&local->hw.conf, IEEE80211_PS_DOZE); ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS); - } else if (local->hw.conf.dynamic_ps_timeout > 0) { + } else { + ieee80211_conf_set_ps_mode(&local->hw.conf, IEEE80211_PS_AWAKE); + ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS); + ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0); + /* * If the powersave mode was awake and the dynamic_ps_timer * had been running before leaving the operating channel, - * restart the timer now and send a nullfunc frame to inform - * the AP that we are awake. + * restart the timer now. */ - ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0); - mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies + - msecs_to_jiffies(local->hw.conf.dynamic_ps_timeout)); + if (local->hw.conf.dynamic_ps_timeout > 0) + mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies + + msecs_to_jiffies(local->hw.conf.dynamic_ps_timeout)); } ieee80211_sta_reset_beacon_monitor(sdata);