2008-12-23 12:55:16

by Vivek Natarajan

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: A couple of fixes to dynamic power save.

a) hw_config() should not be called from siwpower() for the drivers which do not support
dynamic powersave.
b) IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS needs to be verified in set_associated() also before
enabling the power save timers.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 3 ++-
net/mac80211/wext.c | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index c75d0ea..b23e62b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ static void ieee80211_set_associated(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
bss_info_changed |= BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES;
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, bss_info_changed);

- if (local->powersave) {
+ if (local->powersave &&
+ !(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS)) {
if (local->dynamic_ps_timeout > 0)
mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +
msecs_to_jiffies(local->dynamic_ps_timeout));
diff --git a/net/mac80211/wext.c b/net/mac80211/wext.c
index 7162d58..673c5d7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wext.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wext.c
@@ -865,9 +865,9 @@ set:
local->powersave = ps;
local->dynamic_ps_timeout = timeout;

- if (sdata->u.sta.flags & IEEE80211_STA_ASSOCIATED) {
- if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS) &&
- local->dynamic_ps_timeout > 0)
+ if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS) &&
+ (sdata->u.sta.flags & IEEE80211_STA_ASSOCIATED)) {
+ if (local->dynamic_ps_timeout > 0)
mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +
msecs_to_jiffies(local->dynamic_ps_timeout));
else {
@@ -875,8 +875,9 @@ set:
conf->flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
else
conf->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
+ ret = ieee80211_hw_config(local,
+ IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
}
- ret = ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
}

return ret;
--
1.6.0.1