Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965202AbaDJDXk (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2014 23:23:40 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:41017 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934675AbaDJDWC (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2014 23:22:02 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau , "John W. Linville" , Ben Hutchings , Jianguo Wu Subject: [PATCH 3.4 042/134] ath9k_htc: fix signal strength handling issues Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 20:22:38 -0700 Message-Id: <20140410032305.445430757@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.0 In-Reply-To: <20140410032259.587501440@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20140410032259.587501440@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Felix Fietkau commit 838f427955dcfd16858b0108ce29029da0d56a4e upstream. The ath9k commit 2ef167557c0a26c88162ecffb017bfcc51eb7b29 (ath9k: fix signal strength reporting issues) fixed an issue where the reported per-frame signal strength reported to mac80211 was being overwritten with an internal average. The same issue is also present in ath9k_htc. In addition to preventing the driver from overwriting the value, this commit also ensures that the internal average (which is used for ANI) only tracks beacons of the AP that we're connected to. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville [bwh: Backported to 3.2: use compare_ether_addr() instead of ether_addr_equal(), with opposite sense] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Cc: Jianguo Wu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c | 18 +++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c @@ -1077,15 +1077,19 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_prepare(struct ath9 last_rssi = priv->rx.last_rssi; - if (likely(last_rssi != ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER)) - rxbuf->rxstatus.rs_rssi = ATH_EP_RND(last_rssi, - ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER); + if (ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control) && + !is_zero_ether_addr(common->curbssid) && + compare_ether_addr(hdr->addr3, common->curbssid) == 0) { + s8 rssi = rxbuf->rxstatus.rs_rssi; - if (rxbuf->rxstatus.rs_rssi < 0) - rxbuf->rxstatus.rs_rssi = 0; + if (likely(last_rssi != ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER)) + rssi = ATH_EP_RND(last_rssi, ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER); - if (ieee80211_is_beacon(fc)) - priv->ah->stats.avgbrssi = rxbuf->rxstatus.rs_rssi; + if (rssi < 0) + rssi = 0; + + priv->ah->stats.avgbrssi = rssi; + } rx_status->mactime = be64_to_cpu(rxbuf->rxstatus.rs_tstamp); rx_status->band = hw->conf.channel->band; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/