Re: [PATCH 1/2] wcn36xx: Pass used skb to ieee80211_tx_status()

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Thu 27 Apr 01:22 PDT 2017, Johannes Berg wrote:

> 
> > @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void reap_tx_dxes(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
> > struct wcn36xx_dxe_ch *ch)
> >  			info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(ctl->skb);
> >  			if (!(info->flags &
> > IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS)) {
> >  				/* Keep frame until TX status comes
> > */
> > -				ieee80211_free_txskb(wcn->hw, ctl-
> > >skb);
> > +				ieee80211_tx_status(wcn->hw, ctl-
> > >skb);
> > 
> 
> I don't think this is a good idea.

Thanks for letting me know :)

> This code intentionally checked if TX status was requested, and if not
> then it doesn't go to the effort of building it.
> 

What I'm finding puzzling is the fact that the only caller of
ieee80211_led_tx() is ieee80211_tx_status() and it seems like drivers,
such as ath10k, call this for each packet handled - but I'm likely
missing something.

> As it is with your patch, it'll go and report the TX status without any
> TX status information - which is handled in wcn36xx_dxe_tx_ack_ind()
> for those frames needing it.
> 

Right, it doesn't sound desired. However, during normal operation I'm
not seeing IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS being set and as such
ieee80211_led_tx() is never called.

Regards,
Bjorn