netdev - [PATCH 07/12] staging: wfx: fix frame reordering

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Message-Id: <20200820155858.351292-7-Jerome.Pouiller@silabs.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:58:53 +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 07/12] staging: wfx: fix frame reordering

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

When mac80211 debug is enabled, the trace below appears:

    [60744.340037] wlan0: Rx A-MPDU request on aa:bb:cc:97:60:24 tid 0 result -524

This imply that ___ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session will prematurely exit
and frame reordering won't be enabled.

Fixes: e5da5fbd77411 ("staging: wfx: fix CCMP/TKIP replay protection")
Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
index 20db4bbdd901..b18a0b61b7c0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
@@ -674,15 +674,16 @@ int wfx_ampdu_action(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		     struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 		     struct ieee80211_ampdu_params *params)
 {
-	/* Aggregation is implemented fully in firmware,
-	 * including block ack negotiation. Do not allow
-	 * mac80211 stack to do anything: it interferes with
-	 * the firmware.
-	 */
-
-	/* Note that we still need this function stubbed. */
-
-	return -ENOTSUPP;
+	// Aggregation is implemented fully in firmware
+	switch (params->action) {
+	case IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_START:
+	case IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_STOP:
+		// Just acknowledge it to enable frame re-ordering
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		// Leave the firmware doing its business for tx aggregation
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+	}
 }
 
 int wfx_add_chanctx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-- 
2.28.0