netdev - [PATCH 09/13] staging: wfx: fix handling of frames without RSSI data

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Date:   Wed,  1 Jul 2020 17:07:03 +0200
From:   Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jérôme Pouiller 
        <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] staging: wfx: fix handling of frames without RSSI data

From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>

It seems that in the old days, the RSSI information could be missing. In
this case, in order to not pollute the RSSI stats, the frame was
dropped (!).

It is far better to mark the frame with the flag RX_FLAG_NO_SIGNAL_VAL.

In add, the problem seems now fixed in the firmware (at least, it has
not been encountered with recent firmwares).

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/data_rx.c | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_rx.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_rx.c
index 0e959ebc38b56..316c2f1537fe5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_rx.c
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ void wfx_rx_cb(struct wfx_vif *wvif,
 
 	memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(*hdr));
 
-	// FIXME: Why do we drop these frames?
-	if (!arg->rcpi_rssi &&
-	    (ieee80211_is_probe_resp(frame->frame_control) ||
-	     ieee80211_is_beacon(frame->frame_control)))
-		goto drop;
-
 	if (arg->status == HIF_STATUS_RX_FAIL_MIC)
 		hdr->flag |= RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR;
 	else if (arg->status)
@@ -102,6 +96,10 @@ void wfx_rx_cb(struct wfx_vif *wvif,
 		hdr->rate_idx = arg->rxed_rate;
 	}
 
+	if (!arg->rcpi_rssi) {
+		hdr->flag |= RX_FLAG_NO_SIGNAL_VAL;
+		dev_info(wvif->wdev->dev, "received frame without RSSI data\n");
+	}
 	hdr->signal = arg->rcpi_rssi / 2 - 110;
 	hdr->antenna = 0;
 
-- 
2.27.0