netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mac80211:Resetting connection monitor timers in transmit path

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Date:	Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:24:23 +0530
From:	Krishna Chaitanya <chaitanya.mgit@...il.com>
To:	Dhahira Thesneem <dhahira.thesneem@...tralsolutions.com>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mac80211:Resetting connection monitor timers in
 transmit path

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Dhahira Thesneem
<dhahira.thesneem@...tralsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> Reset connection monitor timers when we are able to successfully transmit data to an AP.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dhahira Thesneem <dhahira.thesneem@...tralsolutions.com>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/tx.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
> index 3456c04..e7725cf 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
> @@ -1700,7 +1700,8 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>
>         ieee80211_xmit(sdata, skb, chan->band);
>         rcu_read_unlock();
> -
> +       /*To reset connection monitor timers, after successful transmission*/
> +       ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
>         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>
>  fail_rcu:
> @@ -2139,7 +2140,8 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>
>         ieee80211_xmit(sdata, skb, band);
>         rcu_read_unlock();
> -
> +       /*To reset connection monitor timers, after successful transmission*/
> +       ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
>         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>
>   fail_rcu:
> --
Successful data transmission should be checked in the tx_status not
after we transmit.
In fact its already taken care in status.c: through ieee80211_sta_tx_notify.

NACK.
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