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Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 13:13:43 +0000
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
To: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
CC: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] wcn36xx: Pass used skb to ieee80211_tx_status()
Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org> writes:
> On Thu 27 Apr 01:22 PDT 2017, Johannes Berg wrote:
>
>>
>> > @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void reap_tx_dxes(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
>> > struct wcn36xx_dxe_ch *ch)
>> > info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(ctl->skb);
>> > if (!(info->flags &
>> > IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS)) {
>> > /* Keep frame until TX status comes
>> > */
>> > - ieee80211_free_txskb(wcn->hw, ctl-
>> > >skb);
>> > + ieee80211_tx_status(wcn->hw, ctl-
>> > >skb);
>> >
>>
>> I don't think this is a good idea.
>
> Thanks for letting me know :)
>
>> This code intentionally checked if TX status was requested, and if not
>> then it doesn't go to the effort of building it.
>>
>
> What I'm finding puzzling is the fact that the only caller of
> ieee80211_led_tx() is ieee80211_tx_status() and it seems like drivers,
> such as ath10k, call this for each packet handled - but I'm likely
> missing something.
>
>> As it is with your patch, it'll go and report the TX status without any
>> TX status information - which is handled in wcn36xx_dxe_tx_ack_ind()
>> for those frames needing it.
>>
>
> Right, it doesn't sound desired. However, during normal operation I'm
> not seeing IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS being set and as such
> ieee80211_led_tx() is never called.
So what's the conclusion? How do we get leds working?
--
Kalle Valo
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