mac80211: allow software PS-Poll/U-APSD with AP_LINK_PS
When using RSS, frames might not be processed in the correct order, and thus AP_LINK_PS must be used; most likely with firmware keeping track of the powersave state, this is the case in iwlwifi now. In this case, the driver can use ieee80211_sta_ps_transition() to still have mac80211 manage powersave buffering. However, for U-APSD and PS-Poll this isn't sufficient. If the device can't manage that entirely on its own, mac80211's code should be used. To allow this, export two functions: ieee80211_sta_uapsd_trigger() and ieee80211_sta_pspoll(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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@@ -3996,6 +3996,33 @@ static inline int ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
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return ret;
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}
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/**
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* ieee80211_sta_pspoll - PS-Poll frame received
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* @sta: currently connected station
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*
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* When operating in AP mode with the %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS flag set,
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* use this function to inform mac80211 that a PS-Poll frame from a
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* connected station was received.
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* This must be used in conjunction with ieee80211_sta_ps_transition()
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* and possibly ieee80211_sta_uapsd_trigger(); calls to all three must
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* be serialized.
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*/
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void ieee80211_sta_pspoll(struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
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/**
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* ieee80211_sta_uapsd_trigger - (potential) U-APSD trigger frame received
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* @sta: currently connected station
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* @tid: TID of the received (potential) trigger frame
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*
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* When operating in AP mode with the %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS flag set,
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* use this function to inform mac80211 that a (potential) trigger frame
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* from a connected station was received.
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* This must be used in conjunction with ieee80211_sta_ps_transition()
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* and possibly ieee80211_sta_pspoll(); calls to all three must be
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* serialized.
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*/
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void ieee80211_sta_uapsd_trigger(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u8 tid);
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/*
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* The TX headroom reserved by mac80211 for its own tx_status functions.
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* This is enough for the radiotap header.
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