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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2010-11-16 11:50:28 -0800
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-11-17 16:19:33 -0500
commit50a9432daeece6fc1309bef1dc0a7b8fde8204cb (patch)
tree11b8bdf724dd9951391ea7f963e6539ca86ea4b6 /net/mac80211/util.c
parent4bce22b9b84032c77c7e038b07b24fcc706dfc10 (diff)
mac80211: fix powersaving clients races
The code to handle powersaving stations has a race: when the powersave flag is lifted from a station, we could transmit a packet that is being processed for TX at the same time right away, even if there are other frames queued for it. This would cause frame reordering. To fix this, lift the flag only under the appropriate lock that blocks TX. Additionally, the code to allow drivers to block a station while frames for it are on the HW queue is never re-enabled the station, so traffic would get stuck indefinitely. Fix this by clearing the flag for this appropriately. Finally, as an optimisation, don't do anything if the driver unblocks an already unblocked station. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/util.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/util.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 68d0518254d..e497476174c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -368,8 +368,9 @@ void ieee80211_add_pending_skb(struct ieee80211_local *local,
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
}
-int ieee80211_add_pending_skbs(struct ieee80211_local *local,
- struct sk_buff_head *skbs)
+int ieee80211_add_pending_skbs_fn(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ struct sk_buff_head *skbs,
+ void (*fn)(void *data), void *data)
{
struct ieee80211_hw *hw = &local->hw;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -394,6 +395,9 @@ int ieee80211_add_pending_skbs(struct ieee80211_local *local,
__skb_queue_tail(&local->pending[queue], skb);
}
+ if (fn)
+ fn(data);
+
for (i = 0; i < hw->queues; i++)
__ieee80211_wake_queue(hw, i,
IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SKB_ADD);
@@ -402,6 +406,12 @@ int ieee80211_add_pending_skbs(struct ieee80211_local *local,
return ret;
}
+int ieee80211_add_pending_skbs(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ struct sk_buff_head *skbs)
+{
+ return ieee80211_add_pending_skbs_fn(local, skbs, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
void ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
enum queue_stop_reason reason)
{