Return-path: Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:45256 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757838Ab3BKRVS (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:21:18 -0500 From: Seth Forshee To: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka , Seth Forshee Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] mac80211: Add flushes before going off-channel Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:21:08 -0600 Message-Id: <1360603268-28594-2-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> (sfid-20130211_182302_667414_8377C071) In-Reply-To: <1360603268-28594-1-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> References: <20130211171829.GD13768@thinkpad-t410> <1360603268-28594-1-git-send-email-seth.forshee@canonical.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: We've got a couple of races when enabling powersave with an AP for off-channel operation. The first is fairly simple. If we go off-channel before the nullfunc frame to enable PS is transmitted then it may not be received by the AP. Add a flush after enabling off-channel PS to prevent this from happening. The second race is a bit more subtle. If the driver supports QoS and has frames queued when the nullfunc frame is queued, those frames may get transmitted after the nullfunc frame. If PM is not set then the AP is being told that we've exited PS before we go off-channel and may try to deliver frames. To prevent this, add a flush after stopping the queues but before passing the nullfunc frame to the driver. Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee --- net/mac80211/offchannel.c | 5 +++++ net/mac80211/scan.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/offchannel.c b/net/mac80211/offchannel.c index 4c3ee3e..cc79b4a 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/offchannel.c +++ b/net/mac80211/offchannel.c @@ -114,8 +114,13 @@ void ieee80211_offchannel_stop_vifs(struct ieee80211_local *local) * STA interfaces. */ + /* + * Stop queues and transmit all frames queued by the driver + * before sending nullfunc to enable powersave at the AP. + */ ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(&local->hw, IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_OFFCHANNEL); + drv_flush(local, false); mutex_lock(&local->iflist_mtx); list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) { diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c index 29e7d6e..ae422fa 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/scan.c +++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c @@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ static int ieee80211_start_sw_scan(struct ieee80211_local *local) ieee80211_offchannel_stop_vifs(local); + /* ensure nullfunc is transmitted before leaving operating channel */ + drv_flush(local, false); + ieee80211_configure_filter(local); /* We need to set power level at maximum rate for scanning. */ -- 1.7.9.5