[PATCH 1/2] mac80211: add private driver flags and ampdu length to tx info

[PATCH 1/2] mac80211: add private driver flags and ampdu length to tx info

[Felix Fietkau]

Some drivers may want to store a few flags of their own in the tx
info. Also it is useful for 11n rate control to know the total number
of aggregated frames in an AMPDU, not just the ones that were acked.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
---

--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -386,14 +386,17 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_rate {
  * @flags: transmit info flags, defined above
  * @band: the band to transmit on (use for checking for races)
  * @antenna_sel_tx: antenna to use, 0 for automatic diversity
+ * @driver_flags: flags for internal driver use
  * @pad: padding, ignore
  * @control: union for control data
  * @status: union for status data
  * @driver_data: array of driver_data pointers
- * @ampdu_ack_len: number of aggregated frames.
- * 	relevant only if IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_AMPDU was set.
+ * @ampdu_ack_len: number of acked aggregated frames.
+ * 	relevant only if ieee80211_tx_status_ampdu was set.
  * @ampdu_ack_map: block ack bit map for the aggregation.
  * 	relevant only if IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_AMPDU was set.
+ * @ampdu_len: number of aggregated frames.
+ * 	relevant only if ieee80211_tx_status_ampdu was set.
  * @ack_signal: signal strength of the ACK frame
  */
 struct ieee80211_tx_info {
@@ -403,8 +406,8 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_info {

 	u8 antenna_sel_tx;

-	/* 2 byte hole */
-	u8 pad[2];
+	u8 driver_flags;
+	u8 pad;

 	union {
 		struct {
@@ -428,7 +431,8 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_info {
 			u8 ampdu_ack_len;
 			u64 ampdu_ack_map;
 			int ack_signal;
-			/* 8 bytes free */
+			u8 ampdu_len;
+			/* 7 bytes free */
 		} status;
 		struct {
 			struct ieee80211_tx_rate driver_rates[

[PATCH 2/2] ath9k: get rid of tx_info_priv

[Felix Fietkau]

This patch removes the need for separately allocated private tx info
data in ath9k and brings the driver one small step closer to using the
mac80211 rate control API properly.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
---

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct ath_buf {
 	u16 bf_flags;
 	struct ath_buf_state bf_state;
 	dma_addr_t bf_dmacontext;
+	struct ath_wiphy *aphy;
 };
 
 struct ath_atx_tid {
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
@@ -167,24 +167,18 @@ struct ath_rate_priv {
 	struct ath_rate_softc *asc;
 };
 
+#define ATH_TX_INFO_FRAME_TYPE_INTERNAL	(1 << 0)
+#define ATH_TX_INFO_FRAME_TYPE_PAUSE	(1 << 1)
+#define ATH_TX_INFO_UPDATE_RC		(1 << 2)
+#define ATH_TX_INFO_XRETRY		(1 << 3)
+#define ATH_TX_INFO_UNDERRUN		(1 << 4)
+
 enum ath9k_internal_frame_type {
 	ATH9K_NOT_INTERNAL,
 	ATH9K_INT_PAUSE,
 	ATH9K_INT_UNPAUSE
 };
 
-struct ath_tx_info_priv {
-	struct ath_wiphy *aphy;
-	struct ath_tx_status tx;
-	int n_frames;
-	int n_bad_frames;
-	bool update_rc;
-	enum ath9k_internal_frame_type frame_type;
-};
-
-#define ATH_TX_INFO_PRIV(tx_info) \
-	((struct ath_tx_info_priv *)((tx_info)->rate_driver_data[0]))
-
 void ath_rate_attach(struct ath_softc *sc);
 u8 ath_rate_findrateix(struct ath_softc *sc, u8 dot11_rate);
 int ath_rate_control_register(void);
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c
@@ -338,13 +338,11 @@ void ath9k_wiphy_chan_work(struct work_s
 void ath9k_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct ath_wiphy *aphy = hw->priv;
-	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv = ATH_TX_INFO_PRIV(tx_info);
 
-	if (tx_info_priv && tx_info_priv->frame_type == ATH9K_INT_PAUSE &&
+	if ((tx_info->driver_flags & ATH_TX_INFO_FRAME_TYPE_PAUSE) &&
 	    aphy->state == ATH_WIPHY_PAUSING) {
-		if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK)) {
+		if (!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK)) {
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "ath9k: %s: no ACK for pause "
 			       "frame\n", wiphy_name(hw->wiphy));
 			/*
@@ -363,9 +361,6 @@ void ath9k_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw
 		}
 	}
 
-	kfree(tx_info_priv);
-	tx_info->rate_driver_data[0] = NULL;
-
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ static struct ath_buf* ath_clone_txbuf(s
 
 	ATH_TXBUF_RESET(tbf);
 
+	tbf->aphy = bf->aphy;
 	tbf->bf_mpdu = bf->bf_mpdu;
 	tbf->bf_buf_addr = bf->bf_buf_addr;
 	*(tbf->bf_desc) = *(bf->bf_desc);
@@ -270,7 +271,6 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct 
 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info;
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv;
 	struct ath_atx_tid *tid = NULL;
 	struct ath_buf *bf_next, *bf_last = bf->bf_lastbf;
 	struct ath_desc *ds = bf_last->bf_desc;
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct 
 	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 
 	tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
-	tx_info_priv = (struct ath_tx_info_priv *) tx_info->rate_driver_data[0];
-	hw = tx_info_priv->aphy->hw;
+	hw = bf->aphy->hw;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
@@ -464,7 +463,6 @@ static u32 ath_lookup_rate(struct ath_so
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rates;
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv;
 	u32 max_4ms_framelen, frmlen;
 	u16 aggr_limit, legacy = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -472,7 +470,6 @@ static u32 ath_lookup_rate(struct ath_so
 	skb = bf->bf_mpdu;
 	tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	rates = tx_info->control.rates;
-	tx_info_priv = (struct ath_tx_info_priv *)tx_info->rate_driver_data[0];
 
 	/*
 	 * Find the lowest frame length among the rate series that will have a
@@ -1560,21 +1557,26 @@ static int ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ie
 	struct ath_softc *sc = aphy->sc;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv;
 	int hdrlen;
 	__le16 fc;
 
-	tx_info_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*tx_info_priv), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (unlikely(!tx_info_priv))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	tx_info->rate_driver_data[0] = tx_info_priv;
-	tx_info_priv->aphy = aphy;
-	tx_info_priv->frame_type = txctl->frame_type;
+	tx_info->driver_flags = 0;
+	switch (txctl->frame_type) {
+	case ATH9K_NOT_INTERNAL:
+		break;
+	case ATH9K_INT_PAUSE:
+		tx_info->driver_flags |= ATH_TX_INFO_FRAME_TYPE_PAUSE;
+		/* fall through */
+	case ATH9K_INT_UNPAUSE:
+		tx_info->driver_flags |= ATH_TX_INFO_FRAME_TYPE_INTERNAL;
+		break;
+	}
 	hdrlen = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb);
 	fc = hdr->frame_control;
 
 	ATH_TXBUF_RESET(bf);
 
+	bf->aphy = aphy;
 	bf->bf_frmlen = skb->len + FCS_LEN - (hdrlen & 3);
 
 	if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf) && !is_pae(skb))
@@ -1599,8 +1601,6 @@ static int ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ie
 					   skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(sc->dev, bf->bf_dmacontext))) {
 		bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
-		kfree(tx_info_priv);
-		tx_info->rate_driver_data[0] = NULL;
 		ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah), ATH_DBG_FATAL,
 			  "dma_mapping_error() on TX\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1781,27 +1781,17 @@ exit:
 /*****************/
 
 static void ath_tx_complete(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
-			    int tx_flags)
+			    struct ath_wiphy *aphy, int tx_flags)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw = sc->hw;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv = ATH_TX_INFO_PRIV(tx_info);
 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah);
 	int hdrlen, padsize;
-	int frame_type = ATH9K_NOT_INTERNAL;
 
 	ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT, "TX complete: skb: %p\n", skb);
 
-	if (tx_info_priv) {
-		hw = tx_info_priv->aphy->hw;
-		frame_type = tx_info_priv->frame_type;
-	}
-
-	if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK ||
-	    tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED) {
-		kfree(tx_info_priv);
-		tx_info->rate_driver_data[0] = NULL;
-	}
+	if (aphy)
+		hw = aphy->hw;
 
 	if (tx_flags & ATH_TX_BAR)
 		tx_info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK;
@@ -1833,10 +1823,10 @@ static void ath_tx_complete(struct ath_s
 					SC_OP_WAIT_FOR_TX_ACK));
 	}
 
-	if (frame_type == ATH9K_NOT_INTERNAL)
-		ieee80211_tx_status(hw, skb);
-	else
+	if (unlikely(tx_info->driver_flags & ATH_TX_INFO_FRAME_TYPE_INTERNAL))
 		ath9k_tx_status(hw, skb);
+	else
+		ieee80211_tx_status(hw, skb);
 }
 
 static void ath_tx_complete_buf(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf,
@@ -1859,7 +1849,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_buf(struct a
 	}
 
 	dma_unmap_single(sc->dev, bf->bf_dmacontext, skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-	ath_tx_complete(sc, skb, tx_flags);
+	ath_tx_complete(sc, skb, bf->aphy, tx_flags);
 	ath_debug_stat_tx(sc, txq, bf);
 
 	/*
@@ -1907,8 +1897,7 @@ static void ath_tx_rc_status(struct ath_
 	struct sk_buff *skb = bf->bf_mpdu;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv = ATH_TX_INFO_PRIV(tx_info);
-	struct ieee80211_hw *hw = tx_info_priv->aphy->hw;
+	struct ieee80211_hw *hw = bf->aphy->hw;
 	u8 i, tx_rateindex;
 
 	if (txok)
@@ -1917,17 +1906,22 @@ static void ath_tx_rc_status(struct ath_
 	tx_rateindex = ds->ds_txstat.ts_rateindex;
 	WARN_ON(tx_rateindex >= hw->max_rates);
 
-	tx_info_priv->update_rc = update_rc;
+	if (update_rc)
+		tx_info->driver_flags |= ATH_TX_INFO_UPDATE_RC;
 	if (ds->ds_txstat.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_FILT)
 		tx_info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED;
 
 	if ((ds->ds_txstat.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_FILT) == 0 &&
 	    (bf->bf_flags & ATH9K_TXDESC_NOACK) == 0 && update_rc) {
 		if (ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control)) {
-			memcpy(&tx_info_priv->tx, &ds->ds_txstat,
-			       sizeof(tx_info_priv->tx));
-			tx_info_priv->n_frames = bf->bf_nframes;
-			tx_info_priv->n_bad_frames = nbad;
+			if (ds->ds_txstat.ts_flags &
+			    (ATH9K_TX_DATA_UNDERRUN | ATH9K_TX_DELIM_UNDERRUN))
+				tx_info->driver_flags |= ATH_TX_INFO_UNDERRUN;
+			if ((ds->ds_txstat.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_XRETRY) ||
+			    (ds->ds_txstat.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_FIFO))
+				tx_info->driver_flags |= ATH_TX_INFO_XRETRY;
+			tx_info->status.ampdu_len = bf->bf_nframes;
+			tx_info->status.ampdu_ack_len = bf->bf_nframes - nbad;
 		}
 	}
 
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c
@@ -257,14 +257,17 @@ static const struct file_operations fops
 
 void ath_debug_stat_rc(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv = NULL;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rates = tx_info->status.rates;
-	int final_ts_idx, idx;
+	int final_ts_idx = 0, idx, i;
 	struct ath_rc_stats *stats;
 
-	tx_info_priv = ATH_TX_INFO_PRIV(tx_info);
-	final_ts_idx = tx_info_priv->tx.ts_rateindex;
+	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
+		if (!rates[i].count)
+			break;
+
+		final_ts_idx = i;
+	}
 	idx = rates[final_ts_idx].idx;
 	stats = &sc->debug.stats.rcstats[idx];
 	stats->success++;
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -859,12 +859,12 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, str
 static bool ath_rc_update_per(struct ath_softc *sc,
 			      const struct ath_rate_table *rate_table,
 			      struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv,
-			      struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv,
+				  struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info,
 			      int tx_rate, int xretries, int retries,
 			      u32 now_msec)
 {
 	bool state_change = false;
-	int count;
+	int count, n_bad_frames;
 	u8 last_per;
 	static u32 nretry_to_per_lookup[10] = {
 		100 * 0 / 1,
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ static bool ath_rc_update_per(struct ath
 	};
 
 	last_per = ath_rc_priv->per[tx_rate];
+	n_bad_frames = tx_info->status.ampdu_len - tx_info->status.ampdu_ack_len;
 
 	if (xretries) {
 		if (xretries == 1) {
@@ -907,7 +908,7 @@ static bool ath_rc_update_per(struct ath
 		if (retries >= count)
 			retries = count - 1;
 
-		if (tx_info_priv->n_bad_frames) {
+		if (n_bad_frames) {
 			/* new_PER = 7/8*old_PER + 1/8*(currentPER)
 			 * Assuming that n_frames is not 0.  The current PER
 			 * from the retries is 100 * retries / (retries+1),
@@ -920,14 +921,14 @@ static bool ath_rc_update_per(struct ath
 			 * the above PER.  The expression below is a
 			 * simplified version of the sum of these two terms.
 			 */
-			if (tx_info_priv->n_frames > 0) {
-				int n_frames, n_bad_frames;
+			if (tx_info->status.ampdu_len > 0) {
+				int n_frames, n_bad_tries;
 				u8 cur_per, new_per;
 
-				n_bad_frames = retries * tx_info_priv->n_frames +
-					tx_info_priv->n_bad_frames;
-				n_frames = tx_info_priv->n_frames * (retries + 1);
-				cur_per = (100 * n_bad_frames / n_frames) >> 3;
+				n_bad_tries = retries * tx_info->status.ampdu_len +
+					n_bad_frames;
+				n_frames = tx_info->status.ampdu_len * (retries + 1);
+				cur_per = (100 * n_bad_tries / n_frames) >> 3;
 				new_per = (u8)(last_per - (last_per >> 3) + cur_per);
 				ath_rc_priv->per[tx_rate] = new_per;
 			}
@@ -943,8 +944,7 @@ static bool ath_rc_update_per(struct ath
 		 * this was a probe.  Otherwise, ignore the probe.
 		 */
 		if (ath_rc_priv->probe_rate && ath_rc_priv->probe_rate == tx_rate) {
-			if (retries > 0 || 2 * tx_info_priv->n_bad_frames >
-				tx_info_priv->n_frames) {
+			if (retries > 0 || 2 * n_bad_frames > tx_info->status.ampdu_len) {
 				/*
 				 * Since we probed with just a single attempt,
 				 * any retries means the probe failed.  Also,
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static bool ath_rc_update_per(struct ath
 
 static void ath_rc_update_ht(struct ath_softc *sc,
 			     struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv,
-			     struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv,
+			     struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info,
 			     int tx_rate, int xretries, int retries)
 {
 	u32 now_msec = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ static void ath_rc_update_ht(struct ath_
 
 	/* Update PER first */
 	state_change = ath_rc_update_per(sc, rate_table, ath_rc_priv,
-					 tx_info_priv, tx_rate, xretries,
+					 tx_info, tx_rate, xretries,
 					 retries, now_msec);
 
 	/*
@@ -1098,7 +1098,6 @@ static void ath_rc_tx_status(struct ath_
 			     struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info,
 			     int final_ts_idx, int xretries, int long_retry)
 {
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv = ATH_TX_INFO_PRIV(tx_info);
 	const struct ath_rate_table *rate_table;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rates = tx_info->status.rates;
 	u8 flags;
@@ -1124,9 +1123,8 @@ static void ath_rc_tx_status(struct ath_
 					return;
 
 				rix = ath_rc_get_rateindex(rate_table, &rates[i]);
-				ath_rc_update_ht(sc, ath_rc_priv,
-						tx_info_priv, rix,
-						xretries ? 1 : 2,
+				ath_rc_update_ht(sc, ath_rc_priv, tx_info,
+						rix, xretries ? 1 : 2,
 						rates[i].count);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1149,8 +1147,7 @@ static void ath_rc_tx_status(struct ath_
 		return;
 
 	rix = ath_rc_get_rateindex(rate_table, &rates[i]);
-	ath_rc_update_ht(sc, ath_rc_priv, tx_info_priv, rix,
-			 xretries, long_retry);
+	ath_rc_update_ht(sc, ath_rc_priv, tx_info, rix, xretries, long_retry);
 }
 
 static const
@@ -1301,23 +1298,30 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, st
 {
 	struct ath_softc *sc = priv;
 	struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv = priv_sta;
-	struct ath_tx_info_priv *tx_info_priv = NULL;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
-	int final_ts_idx, tx_status = 0, is_underrun = 0;
+	int final_ts_idx = 0, tx_status = 0, is_underrun = 0;
+	int long_retry = 0;
 	__le16 fc;
+	int i;
 
 	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 	fc = hdr->frame_control;
-	tx_info_priv = ATH_TX_INFO_PRIV(tx_info);
-	final_ts_idx = tx_info_priv->tx.ts_rateindex;
+	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
+		struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rate = &tx_info->status.rates[i];
+		if (!rate->count)
+			break;
+
+		final_ts_idx = i;
+		long_retry = rate->count - 1;
+	}
 
 	if (!priv_sta || !ieee80211_is_data(fc) ||
-	    !tx_info_priv->update_rc)
-		goto exit;
+	    !(tx_info->driver_flags & ATH_TX_INFO_UPDATE_RC))
+		return;
 
-	if (tx_info_priv->tx.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_FILT)
-		goto exit;
+	if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED)
+		return;
 
 	/*
 	 * If underrun error is seen assume it as an excessive retry only
@@ -1325,20 +1329,17 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, st
 	 * Adjust the long retry as if the frame was tried hw->max_rate_tries
 	 * times. This affects how ratectrl updates PER for the failed rate.
 	 */
-	if (tx_info_priv->tx.ts_flags &
-	    (ATH9K_TX_DATA_UNDERRUN | ATH9K_TX_DELIM_UNDERRUN) &&
-	    ((sc->sc_ah->tx_trig_level) >= ath_rc_priv->tx_triglevel_max)) {
+	if ((tx_info->driver_flags & ATH_TX_INFO_UNDERRUN) &&
+	    (sc->sc_ah->tx_trig_level >= ath_rc_priv->tx_triglevel_max)) {
 		tx_status = 1;
 		is_underrun = 1;
 	}
 
-	if ((tx_info_priv->tx.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_XRETRY) ||
-	    (tx_info_priv->tx.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_FIFO))
+	if (tx_info->driver_flags & ATH_TX_INFO_XRETRY)
 		tx_status = 1;
 
 	ath_rc_tx_status(sc, ath_rc_priv, tx_info, final_ts_idx, tx_status,
-			 (is_underrun) ? sc->hw->max_rate_tries :
-			 tx_info_priv->tx.ts_longretry);
+			 (is_underrun) ? sc->hw->max_rate_tries : long_retry);
 
 	/* Check if aggregation has to be enabled for this tid */
 	if (conf_is_ht(&sc->hw->conf) &&
@@ -1357,8 +1358,6 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, st
 	}
 
 	ath_debug_stat_rc(sc, skb);
-exit:
-	kfree(tx_info_priv);
 }
 
 static void ath_rate_init(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: add private driver flags and ampdu length to tx info

[Johannes Berg]

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On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 17:05 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:

> - * @ampdu_ack_len: number of aggregated frames.
> - * 	relevant only if IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_AMPDU was set.
> + * @ampdu_ack_len: number of acked aggregated frames.
> + * 	relevant only if ieee80211_tx_status_ampdu was set.

why lowercase that?

> -	/* 2 byte hole */
> -	u8 pad[2];
> +	u8 driver_flags;
> +	u8 pad;

The ampdu_len seems ok, but I'm still not convinced this is right.
Drivers _should_ have enough space in the driver parts of this struct,
and not need flags here. I realise that you do need that because of the
RC and other internal things, but maybe you could simply use "pad[0]"
for that so not to encourage others to start doing this too?

johannes

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Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: add private driver flags and ampdu length to tx info

[Felix Fietkau]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 17:05 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> 
>> - * @ampdu_ack_len: number of aggregated frames.
>> - * 	relevant only if IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_AMPDU was set.
>> + * @ampdu_ack_len: number of acked aggregated frames.
>> + * 	relevant only if ieee80211_tx_status_ampdu was set.
> 
> why lowercase that?
Sorry, late night vim accident. I'll resend...

>> -	/* 2 byte hole */
>> -	u8 pad[2];
>> +	u8 driver_flags;
>> +	u8 pad;
> 
> The ampdu_len seems ok, but I'm still not convinced this is right.
> Drivers _should_ have enough space in the driver parts of this struct,
> and not need flags here. I realise that you do need that because of the
> RC and other internal things, but maybe you could simply use "pad[0]"
> for that so not to encourage others to start doing this too?
If you prefer it using the padding directly, I can change it to that
too. I don't mind as long as I have space to put that stuff into and
don't need to use rate_driver_data.

- Felix

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: add private driver flags and ampdu length to tx info

[Johannes Berg]

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On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 15:19 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:

> >> + * @ampdu_ack_len: number of acked aggregated frames.
> >> + * 	relevant only if ieee80211_tx_status_ampdu was set.
> > 
> > why lowercase that?
> Sorry, late night vim accident. I'll resend...

same a few lines down too

> >> -	/* 2 byte hole */
> >> -	u8 pad[2];
> >> +	u8 driver_flags;
> >> +	u8 pad;
> > 
> > The ampdu_len seems ok, but I'm still not convinced this is right.
> > Drivers _should_ have enough space in the driver parts of this struct,
> > and not need flags here. I realise that you do need that because of the
> > RC and other internal things, but maybe you could simply use "pad[0]"
> > for that so not to encourage others to start doing this too?

> If you prefer it using the padding directly, I can change it to that
> too. I don't mind as long as I have space to put that stuff into and
> don't need to use rate_driver_data.

I can't really decide. On the one hand, using pad seems bad, but on the
other hand I'm still hoping this will just be temporary (for some value
thereof). But in that case I fear that we might find somebody else
started using the new field and we need to fix that driver too then...

Thoughts?

johannes


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Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: add private driver flags and ampdu length to tx info

[Felix Fietkau]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 15:19 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> 
>> >> + * @ampdu_ack_len: number of acked aggregated frames.
>> >> + * 	relevant only if ieee80211_tx_status_ampdu was set.
>> > 
>> > why lowercase that?
>> Sorry, late night vim accident. I'll resend...
> 
> same a few lines down too
> 
>> >> -	/* 2 byte hole */
>> >> -	u8 pad[2];
>> >> +	u8 driver_flags;
>> >> +	u8 pad;
>> > 
>> > The ampdu_len seems ok, but I'm still not convinced this is right.
>> > Drivers _should_ have enough space in the driver parts of this struct,
>> > and not need flags here. I realise that you do need that because of the
>> > RC and other internal things, but maybe you could simply use "pad[0]"
>> > for that so not to encourage others to start doing this too?
> 
>> If you prefer it using the padding directly, I can change it to that
>> too. I don't mind as long as I have space to put that stuff into and
>> don't need to use rate_driver_data.
> 
> I can't really decide. On the one hand, using pad seems bad, but on the
> other hand I'm still hoping this will just be temporary (for some value
> thereof). But in that case I fear that we might find somebody else
> started using the new field and we need to fix that driver too then...
There are only two parts that need this. The first one is the ath9k
virtual wiphy type, no idea when that will change.
The second one is for passing stuff to rate control. That one will go
away once we replace ath9k's rc.c ;)
It might just be temporary...

- Felix

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: add private driver flags and ampdu length to tx info

[Johannes Berg]

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On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 15:36 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:

> There are only two parts that need this. The first one is the ath9k
> virtual wiphy type, no idea when that will change.

I think we're kinda planning to make mac80211 multi-channel aware, at
which point it's probably going away. And this could probably be fixed
differently too since the nullfunc frames are created internally so
don't have _any_ information. Could even use skb->pkt_type I guess.

> The second one is for passing stuff to rate control. That one will go
> away once we replace ath9k's rc.c ;)
> It might just be temporary...

:)

johannes

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