linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] mac80211: Invoke TX LED in more code paths

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Date:   Sat, 27 May 2017 14:59:27 -0700
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org (open list:MAC80211),
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list),
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] mac80211: Invoke TX LED in more code paths

ieee80211_tx_status() is only one of the possible ways a driver can
report a handled packet, some drivers call this for every packet while
others calls it rarely or never.

In order to invoke the TX LED in the non-status reporting cases this
patch pushes the call to ieee80211_led_tx() into
ieee80211_report_used_skb(), which is shared between the various code
paths.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
---
 net/mac80211/status.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c
index be47ac5cd8c8..a9fa6ee57e8f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ static void ieee80211_report_used_skb(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 		skb->wifi_acked_valid = 1;
 		skb->wifi_acked = acked;
 	}
+
+	ieee80211_led_tx(local);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -823,8 +825,6 @@ static void __ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ieee80211_led_tx(local);
-
 	/* SNMP counters
 	 * Fragments are passed to low-level drivers as separate skbs, so these
 	 * are actually fragments, not frames. Update frame counters only for
-- 
2.12.0