Commit cb831b53 authored by Johannes Berg's avatar Johannes Berg
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mac80211: remove tx_frags driver callback 



The implementation of tx_frags is buggy due to
not handling queue stop, and there's no driver
implementing it so remove it.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
parent ba0afa2f

include/net/mac80211.h

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@@ -1896,19 +1896,6 @@ enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed { 
 *	The low-level driver should send the frame out based on

 *	configuration in the TX control data. This handler should,

 *	preferably, never fail and stop queues appropriately.

 *	This must be implemented if @tx_frags is not.

 *	Must be atomic.

 *

 * @tx_frags: Called to transmit multiple fragments of a single MSDU.

 *	This handler must consume all fragments, sending out some of

 *	them only is useless and it can't ask for some of them to be

 *	queued again. If the frame is not fragmented the queue has a

 *	single SKB only. To avoid issues with the networking stack

 *	when TX status is reported the frames should be removed from

 *	the skb queue.

 *	If this is used, the tx_info @vif and @sta pointers will be

 *	invalid -- you must not use them in that case.

 *	This must be implemented if @tx isn't.

 *	Must be atomic.

 *

 * @start: Called before the first netdevice attached to the hardware
@@ -2260,8 +2247,6 @@ enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed { 
 */

struct ieee80211_ops {

	void (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);

	void (*tx_frags)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,

			 struct ieee80211_sta *sta, struct sk_buff_head *skbs);

	int (*start)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);

	void (*stop)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);

#ifdef CONFIG_PM

net/mac80211/driver-ops.h

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@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ static inline void drv_tx(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sk_buff *skb) 
	local->ops->tx(&local->hw, skb);

}



static inline void drv_tx_frags(struct ieee80211_local *local,

				struct ieee80211_vif *vif,

				struct ieee80211_sta *sta,

				struct sk_buff_head *skbs)

{

	local->ops->tx_frags(&local->hw, vif, sta, skbs);

}



static inline void drv_get_et_strings(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,

				      u32 sset, u8 *data)

{

net/mac80211/main.c

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@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, 


	local->hw.priv = (char *)local + ALIGN(sizeof(*local), NETDEV_ALIGN);



	BUG_ON(!ops->tx && !ops->tx_frags);

	BUG_ON(!ops->tx);

	BUG_ON(!ops->start);

	BUG_ON(!ops->stop);

	BUG_ON(!ops->config);

net/mac80211/tx.c

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@@ -1295,9 +1295,6 @@ static bool __ieee80211_tx(struct ieee80211_local *local, 
		break;

	}



	if (local->ops->tx_frags)

		drv_tx_frags(local, vif, pubsta, skbs);

	else

	result = ieee80211_tx_frags(local, vif, pubsta, skbs,

				    txpending);