We are currently processing block ack reordering as a separate task
before all other RX handlers. In theory, this is wrong since this step
should be done only after duplicate removal (see Figure 6-1 in IEEE
802.11n). However, moving this needs some work and the current
situation is not too bad. Add a comment here so that this small detail
does not get forgotten and who knows, maybe someone has some extra
time to take a look at cleaning this up.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/rx.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/rx.c 2009-05-05 20:21:33.000000000 +0300
+++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/rx.c 2009-05-05 20:21:39.000000000 +0300
@@ -2551,6 +2551,18 @@ void __ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw
return;
}
+ /*
+ * In theory, the block ack reordering should happen after duplicate
+ * removal (ieee80211_rx_h_check(), which is an RX handler). As such,
+ * the call to ieee80211_rx_reorder_ampdu() should really be moved to
+ * happen as a new RX handler between ieee80211_rx_h_check and
+ * ieee80211_rx_h_decrypt. This cleanup may eventually happen, but for
+ * the time being, the call can be here since RX reorder buf processing
+ * will implicitly skip duplicates. We could, in theory at least,
+ * process frames that ieee80211_rx_h_passive_scan would drop (e.g.,
+ * frames from other than operational channel), but that should not
+ * happen in normal networks.
+ */
if (!ieee80211_rx_reorder_ampdu(local, skb, status))
__ieee80211_rx_handle_packet(hw, skb, status, rate);
--
--
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