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authorAhmad Masri <amasri@codeaurora.org>2019-12-18 20:10:21 +0200
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>2019-12-19 18:16:42 +0200
commit5e5f069c30ccdbc09bd548858ee75d0487e74490 (patch)
tree659cae3fd3223bc92a4dce001a2ef128e0e5c582 /drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
parent18beb61d848d267371a769114d90bd1be6239eda (diff)
wil6210: support set_multicast_to_unicast cfg80211 operation
Wil6210 AP has a separate ring for transmitting multicast packets, multicast packets are transmitted without an ack from the receiver side. Therefore, 802.11 spec defines some low MCS rates for multicat packets. However, there is no guarantee that these packets were really received and handled on the client side. Some applications that rely on multicast packets, may prefer to transmit these packets as a unicast to ensure reliability, and also to ensure better performance with high MCS rates. multicast to unicast is done by duplicating multicast packets to all clients and changing the DA (multicast) to the MAC address of the client. see NL80211_CMD_SET_MULTICAST_TO_UNICAST for more info. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Masri <amasri@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Maya Erez <merez@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c32
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
index 8ebc6d59aa74..17118d643d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/ipv6.h>
+#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
#include <net/ipv6.h>
#include <linux/prefetch.h>
@@ -1529,6 +1530,35 @@ static struct wil_ring *wil_find_tx_bcast_1(struct wil6210_priv *wil,
return v;
}
+/* apply multicast to unicast only for ARP and IP packets
+ * (see NL80211_CMD_SET_MULTICAST_TO_UNICAST for more info)
+ */
+static bool wil_check_multicast_to_unicast(struct wil6210_priv *wil,
+ struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ const struct ethhdr *eth = (void *)skb->data;
+ const struct vlan_ethhdr *ethvlan = (void *)skb->data;
+ __be16 ethertype;
+
+ if (!wil->multicast_to_unicast)
+ return false;
+
+ /* multicast to unicast conversion only for some payload */
+ ethertype = eth->h_proto;
+ if (ethertype == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) && skb->len >= VLAN_ETH_HLEN)
+ ethertype = ethvlan->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
+ switch (ethertype) {
+ case htons(ETH_P_ARP):
+ case htons(ETH_P_IP):
+ case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
static void wil_set_da_for_vring(struct wil6210_priv *wil,
struct sk_buff *skb, int vring_index)
{
@@ -2336,7 +2366,7 @@ netdev_tx_t wil_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
/* in STA mode (ESS), all to same VRING (to AP) */
ring = wil_find_tx_ring_sta(wil, vif, skb);
} else if (bcast) {
- if (vif->pbss)
+ if (vif->pbss || wil_check_multicast_to_unicast(wil, skb))
/* in pbss, no bcast VRING - duplicate skb in
* all stations VRINGs
*/