iwlwifi: update LQ for bcast station on channel change

The rate table in the bcast LQ is computed only when the station is
allocated, and chooses the lowest rate for the band. Because of when this
occurs, this is the 2.4 GHz band and uses the 0x420a (CCK, 1 Mbps) rate. In 5 GHz
beaconing mode, this rate will prevent beacons from being sent and any other
packets from being received.

We can fix this by re-initializing the bcast station's LQ command when the
channel is changed.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Halperin <dhalperi@cs.washington.edu>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
index 6a9cd08bd449..9511f03f07e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
@@ -1259,6 +1259,36 @@ int iwl_alloc_bcast_station(struct iwl_priv *priv, bool init_lq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iwl_alloc_bcast_station);
 
+/**
+ * iwl_update_bcast_station - update broadcast station's LQ command
+ *
+ * Only used by iwlagn. Placed here to have all bcast station management
+ * code together.
+ */
+int iwl_update_bcast_station(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct iwl_link_quality_cmd *link_cmd;
+	u8 sta_id = priv->hw_params.bcast_sta_id;
+
+	link_cmd = iwl_sta_alloc_lq(priv, sta_id);
+	if (!link_cmd) {
+		IWL_ERR(priv, "Unable to initialize rate scaling for bcast station.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sta_lock, flags);
+	if (priv->stations[sta_id].lq)
+		kfree(priv->stations[sta_id].lq);
+	else
+		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Bcast station rate scaling has not been initialized yet.\n");
+	priv->stations[sta_id].lq = link_cmd;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->sta_lock, flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iwl_update_bcast_station);
+
 void iwl_dealloc_bcast_station(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;