mac802154: Do not try to resend failed packets
When ops->xmit() fails, drop the packet. Devices which support hardware
ack and retry (which include all devices currently supported by mainline),
will automatically retry sending the packet (in the hardware) up to 3
times, per the 802.15.4 spec. There is no need, and it is incorrect to
try to do it in mac802154.
Signed-off-by: Alan Ott <alan@signal11.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/mac802154/mac802154.h b/net/mac802154/mac802154.h
index 21fa386..5c9e021 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/mac802154.h
+++ b/net/mac802154/mac802154.h
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@
#define mac802154_to_priv(_hw) container_of(_hw, struct mac802154_priv, hw)
-#define MAC802154_MAX_XMIT_ATTEMPTS 3
-
#define MAC802154_CHAN_NONE (~(u8)0) /* No channel is assigned */
extern struct ieee802154_reduced_mlme_ops mac802154_mlme_reduced;
diff --git a/net/mac802154/tx.c b/net/mac802154/tx.c
index 4e09d07..7264874 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/tx.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
struct mac802154_priv *priv;
u8 chan;
u8 page;
- u8 xmit_attempts;
};
static void mac802154_xmit_worker(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -60,18 +59,12 @@
}
res = xw->priv->ops->xmit(&xw->priv->hw, xw->skb);
+ if (res)
+ pr_debug("transmission failed\n");
out:
mutex_unlock(&xw->priv->phy->pib_lock);
- if (res) {
- if (xw->xmit_attempts++ < MAC802154_MAX_XMIT_ATTEMPTS) {
- queue_work(xw->priv->dev_workqueue, &xw->work);
- return;
- } else
- pr_debug("transmission failed for %d times",
- MAC802154_MAX_XMIT_ATTEMPTS);
- }
dev_kfree_skb(xw->skb);
@@ -114,7 +107,6 @@
work->priv = priv;
work->page = page;
work->chan = chan;
- work->xmit_attempts = 0;
queue_work(priv->dev_workqueue, &work->work);