mac80211: add support for Rx reordering offloading
Some drivers may be performing most of Tx/Rx
aggregation on their own (e.g. in firmware)
including AddBa/DelBa negotiations but may
otherwise require Rx reordering assistance.
The patch exports 2 new functions for establishing
Rx aggregation sessions in assumption device
driver has taken care of the necessary
negotiations.
Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
[fix endian bug]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 9ce5cb1..dae2e24 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -4552,6 +4552,40 @@
*/
void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn);
+/**
+ * ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session_offl - start a Rx BA session
+ *
+ * Some device drivers may offload part of the Rx aggregation flow including
+ * AddBa/DelBa negotiation but may otherwise be incapable of full Rx
+ * reordering.
+ *
+ * Create structures responsible for reordering so device drivers may call here
+ * when they complete AddBa negotiation.
+ *
+ * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback
+ * @addr: station mac address
+ * @tid: the rx tid
+ */
+void ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session_offl(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ const u8 *addr, u16 tid);
+
+/**
+ * ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session_offl - stop a Rx BA session
+ *
+ * Some device drivers may offload part of the Rx aggregation flow including
+ * AddBa/DelBa negotiation but may otherwise be incapable of full Rx
+ * reordering.
+ *
+ * Destroy structures responsible for reordering so device drivers may call here
+ * when they complete DelBa negotiation.
+ *
+ * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback
+ * @addr: station mac address
+ * @tid: the rx tid
+ */
+void ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session_offl(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ const u8 *addr, u16 tid);
+
/* Rate control API */
/**