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staging: wfx: fix case of lack of tx_retry_policies 

In some rare cases, driver may not have any available tx_retry_policies.
In this case, the driver asks to mac80211 to stop sending data. However,
it seems that a race is possible and a few frames can be sent to the
driver. In this case, driver can't wait for free tx_retry_policies since
wfx_tx() must be atomic. So, this patch fix this case by sending these
frames with the special policy number 15.

The firmware normally use policy 15 to send internal frames (PS-poll,
beacons, etc...). So, it is not a so bad fallback.

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191217161318.31402-3-Jerome.Pouiller@silabs.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Jérôme Pouiller 2019-12-17 16:14:29 +00:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent b0ac999ebe
commit 89606bb3a9
1 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c
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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
#include "traces.h"
#include "hif_tx_mib.h"
#define WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID (0xFF)
#define WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID 15
#define WFX_LINK_ID_NO_ASSOC 15
#define WFX_LINK_ID_GC_TIMEOUT ((unsigned long)(10 * HZ))
@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ static void wfx_tx_policy_put(struct wfx_vif *wvif, int idx)
int usage, locked;
struct tx_policy_cache *cache = &wvif->tx_policy_cache;
if (idx == WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID)
return;
spin_lock_bh(&cache->lock);
locked = list_empty(&cache->free);
usage = wfx_tx_policy_release(cache, &cache->cache[idx]);
@ -549,7 +551,8 @@ static u8 wfx_tx_get_rate_id(struct wfx_vif *wvif,
rate_id = wfx_tx_policy_get(wvif,
tx_info->driver_rates, &tx_policy_renew);
WARN(rate_id == WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID, "unable to get a valid Tx policy");
if (rate_id == WFX_INVALID_RATE_ID)
dev_warn(wvif->wdev->dev, "unable to get a valid Tx policy");
if (tx_policy_renew) {
/* FIXME: It's not so optimal to stop TX queues every now and