linux-kernel - [019/289] ath9k: fix regression which prevents chip sleep after CAB data

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Date:	Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:56:36 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Paul Stewart <pstew@...gle.com>,
	Sameer Nanda <snanda@...gle.com>,
	Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>,
	Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@...eros.com>,
	Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@...eros.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [019/289] ath9k: fix regression which prevents chip sleep after CAB data

2.6.36-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@...eros.com>

commit 3fac6dfdcd2b893c22b20a03dd1bf1af8b627c4b upstream.

The patch:

commit 293dc5dfdbcc16cde06e40a688394cc8ab083e48
Author: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
Date:   Fri Jun 19 12:17:48 2009 +0200

    ath9k: remove ath_rx_ps_back_to_sleep helper

    This helper only clears the SC_OP_WAIT_FOR_{BEACON,CAB} flags.
    Remove it and clear these flags directly in the approptiate
    places instead.

    Changes-licensed-under: ISC
    Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
    Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>

introduced a regression which forgot to lift the beacon flag
after we received all broadcast and multicast data. This meant
we never went to sleep consuming about ~650mW on idle. This pretty
much broke power save completely.

This patch has fixes for stable kernels [2.6.32+].

Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@...gle.com>
Cc: Sameer Nanda <snanda@...gle.com>
Cc: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@...eros.com>
Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@...eros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@...eros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static void ath_rx_ps(struct ath_softc *
 		 * No more broadcast/multicast frames to be received at this
 		 * point.
 		 */
-		sc->ps_flags &= ~PS_WAIT_FOR_CAB;
+		sc->ps_flags &= ~(PS_WAIT_FOR_CAB | PS_WAIT_FOR_BEACON);
 		ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_PS,
 			  "All PS CAB frames received, back to sleep\n");
 	} else if ((sc->ps_flags & PS_WAIT_FOR_PSPOLL_DATA) &&


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