Return-path: Received: from sabertooth01.qualcomm.com ([65.197.215.72]:29534 "EHLO sabertooth01.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751423AbeCTXwX (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:52:23 -0400 From: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu To: johannes@sipsolutions.net Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: notify driver for change in multicast rates Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:52:09 -0700 Message-Id: <1521589929-13997-1-git-send-email-pradeepc@codeaurora.org> (sfid-20180321_005227_262714_D0A19D54) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 --- include/net/mac80211.h | 1 + net/mac80211/cfg.c | 2 ++ net/mac80211/util.c | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 4c99c13..4360765 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ 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/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