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-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h22
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/debugfs.c1
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h3
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/main.c53
4 files changed, 79 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 03e1dfd311f7..00e2e9909d45 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2137,6 +2137,12 @@ struct ieee80211_txq {
* @IEEE80211_HW_BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ: use the TXQ for bufferable MMPDUs, this of
* course requires the driver to use TXQs to start with.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW: (Hardware) rate control supports VHT
+ * extended NSS BW (dot11VHTExtendedNSSBWCapable). This flag will be set if
+ * the selected rate control algorithm sets %RATE_CTRL_CAPA_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW
+ * but if the rate control is built-in then it must be set by the driver.
+ * See also the documentation for that flag.
+ *
* @NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS: number of hardware flags, used for sizing arrays
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
@@ -2183,6 +2189,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_DEAUTH_NEED_MGD_TX_PREP,
IEEE80211_HW_DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP,
IEEE80211_HW_BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ,
+ IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW,
/* keep last, obviously */
NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS
@@ -5655,7 +5662,22 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control {
bool bss;
};
+/**
+ * enum rate_control_capabilities - rate control capabilities
+ */
+enum rate_control_capabilities {
+ /**
+ * @RATE_CTRL_CAPA_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW:
+ * Support for extended NSS BW support (dot11VHTExtendedNSSCapable)
+ * Note that this is only looked at if the minimum number of chains
+ * that the AP uses is < the number of TX chains the hardware has,
+ * otherwise the NSS difference doesn't bother us.
+ */
+ RATE_CTRL_CAPA_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW = BIT(0),
+};
+
struct rate_control_ops {
+ unsigned long capa;
const char *name;
void *(*alloc)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct dentry *debugfsdir);
void (*free)(void *priv);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
index 964663f49e58..fb45eb5d1dc4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static const char *hw_flag_names[] = {
FLAG(DEAUTH_NEED_MGD_TX_PREP),
FLAG(DOESNT_SUPPORT_QOS_NDP),
FLAG(BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ),
+ FLAG(SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW),
#undef FLAG
};
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 348a52cefb43..08da90adeaea 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -1199,6 +1199,9 @@ struct ieee80211_local {
/* number of RX chains the hardware has */
u8 rx_chains;
+ /* bitmap of which sbands were copied */
+ u8 sband_allocated;
+
int tx_headroom; /* required headroom for hardware/radiotap */
/* Tasklet and skb queue to process calls from IRQ mode. All frames
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 2d51eca46aa0..c78629f8b7a0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
* Copyright 2006-2007 Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
* Copyright 2013-2014 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
* Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -1158,6 +1159,51 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
goto fail_rate;
}
+ if (local->rate_ctrl) {
+ clear_bit(IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW, hw->flags);
+ if (local->rate_ctrl->ops->capa & RATE_CTRL_CAPA_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW)
+ ieee80211_hw_set(hw, SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If the VHT capabilities don't have IEEE80211_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW_CAPABLE,
+ * or have it when we don't, copy the sband structure and set/clear it.
+ * This is necessary because rate scaling algorithms could be switched
+ * and have different support values.
+ * Print a message so that in the common case the reallocation can be
+ * avoided.
+ */
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(NUM_NL80211_BANDS > 8 * sizeof(local->sband_allocated));
+ for (band = 0; band < NUM_NL80211_BANDS; band++) {
+ struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+ bool local_cap, ie_cap;
+
+ local_cap = ieee80211_hw_check(hw, SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW);
+
+ sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[band];
+ if (!sband || !sband->vht_cap.vht_supported)
+ continue;
+
+ ie_cap = !!(sband->vht_cap.vht_mcs.tx_highest &
+ cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW_CAPABLE));
+
+ if (local_cap == ie_cap)
+ continue;
+
+ sband = kmemdup(sband, sizeof(*sband), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!sband)
+ goto fail_rate;
+
+ wiphy_dbg(hw->wiphy, "copying sband (band %d) due to VHT EXT NSS BW flag\n",
+ band);
+
+ sband->vht_cap.vht_mcs.tx_highest ^=
+ cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW_CAPABLE);
+
+ local->hw.wiphy->bands[band] = sband;
+ local->sband_allocated |= BIT(band);
+ }
+
/* add one default STA interface if supported */
if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) &&
!ieee80211_hw_check(hw, NO_AUTO_VIF)) {
@@ -1276,6 +1322,7 @@ static int ieee80211_free_ack_frame(int id, void *p, void *data)
void ieee80211_free_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
+ enum nl80211_band band;
mutex_destroy(&local->iflist_mtx);
mutex_destroy(&local->mtx);
@@ -1291,6 +1338,12 @@ void ieee80211_free_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
ieee80211_free_led_names(local);
+ for (band = 0; band < NUM_NL80211_BANDS; band++) {
+ if (!(local->sband_allocated & BIT(band)))
+ continue;
+ kfree(local->hw.wiphy->bands[band]);
+ }
+
wiphy_free(local->hw.wiphy);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_free_hw);