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mac80211: Don't stop tx queue on master device while scanning.

PATCH In review Ivo van Doorn 3 participants 4 messages Jun 8, 2007 – Jun 11, 2007 mac80211

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PATCH 1/1 mac80211: Don't stop tx queue on master device while scanning.

From: Mattias Nissler <[email protected]>

mac80211 stops the tx queues during scans. This is wrong with respect to the master deivce tx queue, since stopping it prevents any probes from being sent during the scan. Instead, they accumulate in the queue and are only sent after the scan is finished, which is obviously wrong.

---
 net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c +12 -0
index 8bd8031..9fdd265 100644
@@ -3533,11 +3533,17 @@ void ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
 	read_lock(&local->sub_if_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->sub_if_list, list) {
+
+		/* No need to wake the master device. */
+		if (sdata->dev == local->mdev)
+			continue;
+
 		if (sdata->type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA) {
 			if (sdata->u.sta.associated)
 				ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 0);
 			ieee80211_sta_timer((unsigned long)sdata);
 		}
+
 		netif_wake_queue(sdata->dev);
 	}
 	read_unlock(&local->sub_if_lock);
@@ -3679,6 +3685,12 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_start_scan(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	read_lock(&local->sub_if_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->sub_if_list, list) {
+
+		/* Don't stop the master interface, otherwise we can't transmit
+		 * probes! */
+		if (sdata->dev == local->mdev)
+			continue;
+
 		netif_stop_queue(sdata->dev);
 		if (sdata->type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA &&
 		    sdata->u.sta.associated)
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Quoted 7 lines · Ivo van Doorn

From: Mattias Nissler <[email protected]>

mac80211 stops the tx queues during scans. This is wrong with respect to the master deivce tx queue, since stopping it prevents any probes from being sent during the scan. Instead, they accumulate in the queue and are only sent after the scan is finished, which is obviously wrong.

Can I get a quick ACK/NAK on this one from the mac80211 guys?

John

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Quoted 11 lines · John W. Linville
Quoted 7 lines · Ivo van Doorn

From: Mattias Nissler <[email protected]>

mac80211 stops the tx queues during scans. This is wrong with respect to the master deivce tx queue, since stopping it prevents any probes from being sent during the scan. Instead, they accumulate in the queue and are only sent after the scan is finished, which is obviously wrong.

Can I get a quick ACK/NAK on this one from the mac80211 guys?

ACK.

Did this actually get to linux-wireless? I never saw it.

-Michael Wu

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Quoted 2 lines · Michael Wu

Did this actually get to linux-wireless? I never saw it.

Nevermind, I see it. Missed it for some reason..

-Michael Wu