Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([144.76.63.242]:47704 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751161AbdKMJZq (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:25:46 -0500 Message-ID: <1510565141.30497.6.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20171113_102745_502374_8FC7C108) Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Update last_ack status for all except probing frames From: Johannes Berg To: Rajkumar Manoharan , Igor Mitsyanko Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "rmanohar@codeaurora.org" Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:25:41 +0100 In-Reply-To: <96799d352b7347a8a9092bb37f1cd8d9@NALASEXR01H.na.qualcomm.com> References: <1509409746-26592-1-git-send-email-rmanohar@qti.qualcomm.com> <1509964164.2669.0.camel@sipsolutions.net> <8bb232d231884f9595c81f945a5eef4f@NALASEXR01H.na.qualcomm.com> <49241af7-a50f-5758-0c7e-77f2fae5d93d@quantenna.com> <96799d352b7347a8a9092bb37f1cd8d9@NALASEXR01H.na.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2017-11-06 at 20:20 +0000, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote: > > > For steering an idle station from one BSS to another, the steering > > > application has to know the actual station idle period. But if the > > > idle period is cleared by ap_max_inactivity, the steering application > > > cannot steer the station even though the station is not sending or receiving > > > > any data or mgmt. frame. I guess you want something else. Why even consider a station that's sending mgmt frames as non-idle? You can just use the data TX/RX counters to figure out if the station has been idle. You've not convinced me that changing the current logic here makes any sense. johannes