mac80211: start auth/assoc timeout on frame status
When sending authentication/association frames they
might take a bit of time to go out because we may
have to synchronise with the AP, in particular in
the case where it's really a P2P GO. In this case
the 200ms fixed timeout could potentially be too
short if the beacon interval is relatively large.
For drivers that report TX status we can do better.
Instead of starting the timeout directly, start it
only when the frame status arrives. Since then the
frame was out on the air, we can wait shorter (the
typical response time is supposed to be 30ms, wait
100ms.) Also, if the frame failed to be transmitted
try again right away instead of waiting.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 1c74512..139ad9b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,8 @@
void ieee80211_send_auth(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
u16 transaction, u16 auth_alg, u16 status,
u8 *extra, size_t extra_len, const u8 *da,
- const u8 *bssid, const u8 *key, u8 key_len, u8 key_idx)
+ const u8 *bssid, const u8 *key, u8 key_len, u8 key_idx,
+ u32 tx_flags)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1063,7 +1064,8 @@
WARN_ON(err);
}
- IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT;
+ IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT |
+ tx_flags;
ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb);
}
@@ -1277,7 +1279,7 @@
void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst,
const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len,
- u32 ratemask, bool directed, bool no_cck,
+ u32 ratemask, bool directed, u32 tx_flags,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel, bool scan)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1286,9 +1288,7 @@
ssid, ssid_len,
ie, ie_len, directed);
if (skb) {
- if (no_cck)
- IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |=
- IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE;
+ IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= tx_flags;
if (scan)
ieee80211_tx_skb_tid_band(sdata, skb, 7, channel->band);
else