netdev - [PATCH 03/31] staging: wfx: ignore PS when STA/AP share same channel

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Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:04:36 +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 03/31] staging: wfx: ignore PS when STA/AP share same channel

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

When multiple interface are in use. One is always AP while the other is
always station. When the two interface use the same channel, it makes no
sense to enabled Power Saving (PS) on the station. Indeed, because of
the AP, the device will be kept awake on this channel anyway.

In add, when multiple interface are in use, mac80211 does not update the
PS information and delegate to the driver responsibility to do the
right thing.

Thus, in the current code, when the user enable PS in this
configuration, the driver finally enable PS-Poll which is probably not
what the user expected.

This patch detect this case and applies a sane configuration in all
cases.

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
index d901588237a4..58446f78d648 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
@@ -154,18 +154,26 @@ static int wfx_get_ps_timeout(struct wfx_vif *wvif, bool *enable_ps)
 		chan0 = wdev_to_wvif(wvif->wdev, 0)->vif->bss_conf.chandef.chan;
 	if (wdev_to_wvif(wvif->wdev, 1))
 		chan1 = wdev_to_wvif(wvif->wdev, 1)->vif->bss_conf.chandef.chan;
-	if (chan0 && chan1 && chan0->hw_value != chan1->hw_value &&
-	    wvif->vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
-		// It is necessary to enable powersave if channels
-		// are different.
-		if (enable_ps)
-			*enable_ps = true;
-		if (wvif->wdev->force_ps_timeout > -1)
-			return wvif->wdev->force_ps_timeout;
-		else if (wfx_api_older_than(wvif->wdev, 3, 2))
-			return 0;
-		else
-			return 30;
+	if (chan0 && chan1 && wvif->vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
+		if (chan0->hw_value == chan1->hw_value) {
+			// It is useless to enable PS if channels are the same.
+			if (enable_ps)
+				*enable_ps = false;
+			if (wvif->vif->bss_conf.assoc && wvif->vif->bss_conf.ps)
+				dev_info(wvif->wdev->dev, "ignoring requested PS mode");
+			return -1;
+		} else {
+			// It is necessary to enable PS if channels
+			// are different.
+			if (enable_ps)
+				*enable_ps = true;
+			if (wvif->wdev->force_ps_timeout > -1)
+				return wvif->wdev->force_ps_timeout;
+			else if (wfx_api_older_than(wvif->wdev, 3, 2))
+				return 0;
+			else
+				return 30;
+		}
 	}
 	if (enable_ps)
 		*enable_ps = wvif->vif->bss_conf.ps;
-- 
2.33.0