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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2008-10-10 13:21:59 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-10-31 19:00:12 -0400
commit94778280fabdb6bc76db5509bd95859f1141385b (patch)
tree795a20eed458dacab69a345c33467523a2a8dbe1 /net/mac80211
parent2e20cc3986cbee410fbe8e3e116bdcb12d70fcce (diff)
downloadlinux-94778280fabdb6bc76db5509bd95859f1141385b.tar.gz
mac80211: provide sequence numbers
I've come to think that not providing sequence numbers for
the normal STA mode case was a mistake, at least two drivers
now had to implement code they wouldn't otherwise need, and
I believe at76_usb and adm8211 might be broken.

This patch makes mac80211 assign a sequence number to all
those frames that need one except beacons. That means that
if a driver only implements modes that do not do beaconing
it need not worry about the sequence number.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h2
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c10
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 1deb787ff8dc..819844726dd4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data {
 	struct ieee80211_key *keys[NUM_DEFAULT_KEYS];
 	struct ieee80211_key *default_key;
 
+	u16 sequence_number;
+
 	/* BSS configuration for this interface. */
 	struct ieee80211_bss_conf bss_conf;
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 22494bcf488a..8bcabefa86e0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -600,8 +600,18 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_sequence(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 	if (ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control) < 24)
 		return TX_CONTINUE;
 
+	/*
+	 * Anything but QoS data that has a sequence number field
+	 * (is long enough) gets a sequence number from the global
+	 * counter.
+	 */
 	if (!ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control)) {
+		/* driver should assign sequence number */
 		info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ;
+		/* for pure STA mode without beacons, we can do it */
+		hdr->seq_ctrl = cpu_to_le16(tx->sdata->sequence_number);
+		tx->sdata->sequence_number += 0x10;
+		tx->sdata->sequence_number &= IEEE80211_SCTL_SEQ;
 		return TX_CONTINUE;
 	}