It is required to pass the rate information to driver/firmware
when rate control is offloaded to firmware. This helps in changing
multicast traffic rates thereby improving the network performance.
Signed-off-by: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <[email protected]>
---
V3:
- Added Documentation
V2:
- Set the flag in missing places
include/net/mac80211.h | 3 +++
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 2 ++
net/mac80211/ibss.c | 2 +-
net/mac80211/mesh.c | 3 ++-
net/mac80211/util.c | 3 ++-
5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 4c99c13..f0e4f8a 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ struct ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch {
* @BSS_CHANGED_MU_GROUPS: VHT MU-MIMO group id or user position changed
* @BSS_CHANGED_KEEP_ALIVE: keep alive options (idle period or protected
* keep alive) changed.
+ * @BSS_CHANGED_MCAST_RATE: Multicast Rate setting changed for this interface
+ *
*/
enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC = 1<<0,
@@ -336,6 +338,7 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_OCB = 1<<22,
BSS_CHANGED_MU_GROUPS = 1<<23,
BSS_CHANGED_KEEP_ALIVE = 1<<24,
+ BSS_CHANGED_MCAST_RATE = 1<<25,
/* when adding here, make sure to change ieee80211_reconfig */
};
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 0763792..22bb82e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -2313,6 +2313,8 @@ static int ieee80211_set_mcast_rate(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
memcpy(sdata->vif.bss_conf.mcast_rate, rate,
sizeof(int) * NUM_NL80211_BANDS);
+ ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_MCAST_RATE);
+
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index e9c6aa3..f4b0634 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ int ieee80211_ibss_join(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_PROTECTION_NONHT_MIXED
| IEEE80211_HT_PARAM_RIFS_MODE;
- changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HT;
+ changed |= BSS_CHANGED_HT | BSS_CHANGED_MCAST_RATE;
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
sdata->smps_mode = IEEE80211_SMPS_OFF;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index 277398d..55c04e1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -884,7 +884,8 @@ int ieee80211_start_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED |
BSS_CHANGED_HT |
BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES |
- BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT;
+ BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT |
+ BSS_CHANGED_MCAST_RATE;
local->fif_other_bss++;
/* mesh ifaces must set allmulti to forward mcast traffic */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 6aef679..6594df0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,8 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
BSS_CHANGED_CQM |
BSS_CHANGED_QOS |
BSS_CHANGED_IDLE |
- BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER;
+ BSS_CHANGED_TXPOWER |
+ BSS_CHANGED_MCAST_RATE;
if (sdata->vif.mu_mimo_owner)
changed |= BSS_CHANGED_MU_GROUPS;
--
1.9.1