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iwlwifi: mvm: Use CS tx block bit for AP/GO
authorAndrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com>
Sun, 25 May 2014 14:24:22 +0000 (17:24 +0300)
committerEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Mon, 7 Jul 2014 18:41:21 +0000 (21:41 +0300)
commit003e5236a1fcab3fc4576fe643e31a3d83027256
treea02e051c9e0833c8e4112df7ab6503b9964a1366
parent7f0a7c671cdc0396f99b60b77bd02e2dee7c4838
iwlwifi: mvm: Use CS tx block bit for AP/GO

An AP/GO may perform the channel switch slightly before its stations.
This scenario may result in packet loss, since the transmission may start
before the client is actually on a new channel. In order to prevent
potential packet loss disable tx to all the stations when the channel
switch flow starts. Clear the disable_tx bit when a station is seen on a
target channel, or after IWL_MVM_CS_UNBLOCK_TX_TIMEOUT beacons on a new
channel. In addition call ieee80211_sta_block_awake in order to inform
mac80211 that the frames for this station should be buffered.

Signed-off-by: Andrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rx.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.h
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c