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mac80211: use ps-poll when dynamic power save mode is disabled

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When a directed tim bit is set, mac80211 currently disables power save
ands sends a null frame to the AP. But if dynamic power save is
disabled, mac80211 will not enable power save ever gain. Fix this by
adding ps-poll functionality to mac80211. When a directed tim bit is
set, mac80211 sends a ps-poll frame to the AP and checks for the more
data bit in the returned data frames.

Using ps-poll is slower than waking up with null frame, but it's saves more
power in cases where the traffic is low. Userspace can control if either
ps-poll or null wakeup method is used by enabling and disabling dynamic
power save.

Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Kalle Valo
2009-02-10 17:09:31 +02:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 1fb3606bc5
commit 572e001221
3 changed files with 88 additions and 3 deletions
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net/mac80211/rx.c
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@@ -731,6 +731,39 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_decrypt(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
return result;
}
static ieee80211_rx_result debug_noinline
ieee80211_rx_h_check_more_data(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
struct sk_buff *skb;
local = rx->local;
skb = rx->skb;
hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
if (!local->pspolling)
return RX_CONTINUE;
if (!ieee80211_has_fromds(hdr->frame_control))
/* this is not from AP */
return RX_CONTINUE;
if (!ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control))
return RX_CONTINUE;
if (!ieee80211_has_moredata(hdr->frame_control)) {
/* AP has no more frames buffered for us */
local->pspolling = false;
return RX_CONTINUE;
}
/* more data bit is set, let's request a new frame from the AP */
ieee80211_send_pspoll(local, rx->sdata);
return RX_CONTINUE;
}
static void ap_sta_ps_start(struct sta_info *sta)
{
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
@@ -1987,6 +2020,7 @@ static void ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
CALL_RXH(ieee80211_rx_h_passive_scan)
CALL_RXH(ieee80211_rx_h_check)
CALL_RXH(ieee80211_rx_h_decrypt)
CALL_RXH(ieee80211_rx_h_check_more_data)
CALL_RXH(ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process)
CALL_RXH(ieee80211_rx_h_defragment)
CALL_RXH(ieee80211_rx_h_ps_poll)