Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 1 author, 2012-01-30
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[PATCH 2/3] mac80211: Fix incorrect num_sta_ps decrement in ap_sta_ps_end

From: Helmut Schaa <hidden>
Date: 2012-01-27 10:03:17
Subsystem: mac80211, the rest · Maintainers: Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds

If the driver blocked this specific STA with the help of
ieee80211_sta_block_awake we won't clear WLAN_STA_PS_STA later but
still decrement num_sta_ps. Hence, the next data frame from this
STA will trigger ap_sta_ps_end again and also decrement num_sta_ps
again leading to an incorrect num_sta_ps counter.

This can result in problems with powersaving clients not waking up
from PS because the TIM calculation might be skipped due to the
incorrect num_sta_ps counter.

Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <redacted>
---
 net/mac80211/rx.c       |    1 -
 net/mac80211/sta_info.c |    4 +++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 3567586..f89617a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,6 @@ static void ap_sta_ps_end(struct sta_info *sta)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
 
-	atomic_dec(&sdata->bss->num_sta_ps);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: STA %pM aid %d exits power save mode\n",
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 70a0de3..92b894c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -1007,9 +1007,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_find_sta);
 static void clear_sta_ps_flags(void *_sta)
 {
 	struct sta_info *sta = _sta;
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
 
 	clear_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_DRIVER);
-	clear_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA);
+	if (test_and_clear_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA))
+		atomic_dec(&sdata->bss->num_sta_ps);
 }
 
 /* powersave support code */
-- 
1.7.7
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