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| author | Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com> | 2019-12-17 17:14:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-12-18 15:51:02 +0100 |
| commit | 89606bb3a9286a64bcdc2e58552edf6e2478c3bc (patch) | |
| tree | c9d294ec561070b5e49962658e75980ffcd78bfd /drivers | |
| parent | staging: wfx: fix the cache of rate policies on interface reset (diff) | |
| download | linux-89606bb3a9286a64bcdc2e58552edf6e2478c3bc.tar.xz linux-89606bb3a9286a64bcdc2e58552edf6e2478c3bc.zip | |
staging: wfx: fix case of lack of tx_retry_policies
In some rare cases, driver may not have any available tx_retry_policies.
In this case, the driver asks to mac80211 to stop sending data. However,
it seems that a race is possible and a few frames can be sent to the
driver. In this case, driver can't wait for free tx_retry_policies since
wfx_tx() must be atomic. So, this patch fix this case by sending these
frames with the special policy number 15.
The firmware normally use policy 15 to send internal frames (PS-poll,
beacons, etc...). So, it is not a so bad fallback.
Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191217161318.31402-3-Jerome.Pouiller@silabs.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c index bc769d1b6bc5..4edf8bb964e6 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ #include "traces.h" #include "hif_tx_mib.h" -#define WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID (0xFF) +#define WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID 15 #define WFX_LINK_ID_NO_ASSOC 15 #define WFX_LINK_ID_GC_TIMEOUT ((unsigned long)(10 * HZ)) @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ static void wfx_tx_policy_put(struct wfx_vif *wvif, int idx) int usage, locked; struct tx_policy_cache *cache = &wvif->tx_policy_cache; + if (idx == WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID) + return; spin_lock_bh(&cache->lock); locked = list_empty(&cache->free); usage = wfx_tx_policy_release(cache, &cache->cache[idx]); @@ -549,7 +551,8 @@ static u8 wfx_tx_get_rate_id(struct wfx_vif *wvif, rate_id = wfx_tx_policy_get(wvif, tx_info->driver_rates, &tx_policy_renew); - WARN(rate_id == WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID, "unable to get a valid Tx policy"); + if (rate_id == WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID) + dev_warn(wvif->wdev->dev, "unable to get a valid Tx policy"); if (tx_policy_renew) { /* FIXME: It's not so optimal to stop TX queues every now and |