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mac80211: speed up AP probing using nullfunc frames

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If the nullfunc frame used to probe the AP was not acked, there is no point
in waiting for the probe timeout, so advance to the next try (or disconnect)
immediately.
If we do reach the probe timeout without having received a tx status, the
connection is probably really bad and worth disconnecting.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Felix Fietkau 14 years ago committed by John W. Linville
parent 75706d0e9d
commit 04ac3c0ee2
3 changed files with 79 additions and 35 deletions
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  1. 3
      net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
  2. 93
      net/mac80211/mlme.c
  3. 18
      net/mac80211/status.c

3
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
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@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ struct ieee80211_if_managed {
unsigned long beacon_timeout;
unsigned long probe_timeout;
int probe_send_count;
bool nullfunc_failed;
struct mutex mtx;
struct cfg80211_bss *associated;
@ -1271,7 +1272,7 @@ void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
void ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr);
void ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr);
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, bool ack);
void ieee80211_beacon_connection_loss_work(struct work_struct *work);
void ieee80211_wake_queues_by_reason(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,

93
net/mac80211/mlme.c
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@ -1065,16 +1065,20 @@ static void ieee80211_reset_ap_probe(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
}
void ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, bool ack)
{
if (!ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control))
return;
ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
if (ack)
ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
if (ieee80211_is_nullfunc(hdr->frame_control) &&
sdata->u.mgd.probe_send_count > 0) {
sdata->u.mgd.probe_send_count = 0;
if (ack)
sdata->u.mgd.probe_send_count = 0;
else
sdata->u.mgd.nullfunc_failed = true;
ieee80211_queue_work(&sdata->local->hw, &sdata->work);
}
}
@ -1101,9 +1105,10 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
* anymore. The timeout will be reset if the frame is ACKed by
* the AP.
*/
if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS)
if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) {
ifmgd->nullfunc_failed = false;
ieee80211_send_nullfunc(sdata->local, sdata, 0);
else {
} else {
ssid = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(ifmgd->associated, WLAN_EID_SSID);
ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, dst, ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0);
}
@ -1912,6 +1917,31 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_timer(unsigned long data)
ieee80211_queue_work(&local->hw, &sdata->work);
}
static void ieee80211_sta_connection_lost(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
u8 *bssid)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
ifmgd->flags &= ~(IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL |
IEEE80211_STA_BEACON_POLL);
ieee80211_set_disassoc(sdata, true, true);
mutex_unlock(&ifmgd->mtx);
mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
/*
* must be outside lock due to cfg80211,
* but that's not a problem.
*/
ieee80211_send_deauth_disassoc(sdata, bssid,
IEEE80211_STYPE_DEAUTH,
WLAN_REASON_DISASSOC_DUE_TO_INACTIVITY,
NULL, true);
mutex_lock(&ifmgd->mtx);
}
void ieee80211_sta_work(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
@ -1936,11 +1966,38 @@ void ieee80211_sta_work(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
/* ACK received for nullfunc probing frame */
if (!ifmgd->probe_send_count)
ieee80211_reset_ap_probe(sdata);
else if (time_is_after_jiffies(ifmgd->probe_timeout))
else if (ifmgd->nullfunc_failed) {
if (ifmgd->probe_send_count < max_tries) {
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
wiphy_debug(local->hw.wiphy,
"%s: No ack for nullfunc frame to"
" AP %pM, try %d\n",
sdata->name, bssid,
ifmgd->probe_send_count);
#endif
ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send(sdata);
} else {
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
wiphy_debug(local->hw.wiphy,
"%s: No ack for nullfunc frame to"
" AP %pM, disconnecting.\n",
sdata->name, bssid,
ifmgd->probe_send_count);
#endif
ieee80211_sta_connection_lost(sdata, bssid);
}
} else if (time_is_after_jiffies(ifmgd->probe_timeout))
run_again(ifmgd, ifmgd->probe_timeout);
else if (ifmgd->probe_send_count < max_tries) {
else if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) {
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
wiphy_debug(local->hw.wiphy,
"%s: Failed to send nullfunc to AP %pM"
" after %dms, disconnecting.\n",
sdata->name,
bssid, (1000 * IEEE80211_PROBE_WAIT)/HZ);
#endif
ieee80211_sta_connection_lost(sdata, bssid);
} else if (ifmgd->probe_send_count < max_tries) {
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
wiphy_debug(local->hw.wiphy,
"%s: No probe response from AP %pM"
@ -1955,27 +2012,13 @@ void ieee80211_sta_work(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
* We actually lost the connection ... or did we?
* Let's make sure!
*/
ifmgd->flags &= ~(IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL |
IEEE80211_STA_BEACON_POLL);
wiphy_debug(local->hw.wiphy,
"%s: No probe response from AP %pM"
" after %dms, disconnecting.\n",
sdata->name,
bssid, (1000 * IEEE80211_PROBE_WAIT)/HZ);
ieee80211_set_disassoc(sdata, true, true);
mutex_unlock(&ifmgd->mtx);
mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
/*
* must be outside lock due to cfg80211,
* but that's not a problem.
*/
ieee80211_send_deauth_disassoc(sdata, bssid,
IEEE80211_STYPE_DEAUTH,
WLAN_REASON_DISASSOC_DUE_TO_INACTIVITY,
NULL, true);
mutex_lock(&ifmgd->mtx);
ieee80211_sta_connection_lost(sdata, bssid);
}
}

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net/mac80211/status.c
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@ -155,10 +155,6 @@ static void ieee80211_frame_acked(struct sta_info *sta, struct sk_buff *skb)
ieee80211_queue_work(&local->hw, &local->recalc_smps);
}
if ((sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) &&
(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS))
ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(sdata, (void *) skb->data);
}
/*
@ -186,6 +182,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
int retry_count = -1, i;
int rates_idx = -1;
bool send_to_cooked;
bool acked;
for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
/* the HW cannot have attempted that rate */
@ -211,8 +208,8 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (memcmp(hdr->addr2, sta->sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN))
continue;
if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK) &&
test_sta_flags(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA)) {
acked = !!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK);
if (!acked && test_sta_flags(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA)) {
/*
* The STA is in power save mode, so assume
* that this TX packet failed because of that.
@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
rcu_read_unlock();
return;
} else {
if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK))
if (!acked)
sta->tx_retry_failed++;
sta->tx_retry_count += retry_count;
}
@ -253,10 +250,13 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sta->sdata->vif))
ieee80211s_update_metric(local, sta, skb);
if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) &&
(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK))
if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) && acked)
ieee80211_frame_acked(sta, skb);
if ((sta->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) &&
(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS))
ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(sta->sdata, (void *) skb->data, acked);
if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) {
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK) {
if (sta->lost_packets)

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