Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: rework function picking free BSS index
From: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Date: 2016-06-13 19:30:37
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On 09-06-16 21:16, Arend van Spriel wrote:
On 26-05-16 01:44, Rafał Miłecki wrote:quoted
The old implementation was overcomplicated and slightly bugged in some corner cases.
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New code is simpler, placed in file where it's really used, handles running out of free BSS-es and allows using 4 interfaces at the same time. It also looks for the first free BSS instead of one after the last in use. It works well with current driver (which doesn't allow deleting interfaces) and should be future proof (if we ever allow deleting). Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> --- .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 17 ++++++++++++++- .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 24 ---------------------- .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h | 1 - 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c index 3d09d23..d00eef8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c@@ -541,6 +541,21 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_update_proto_addr_mode(struct wireless_dev *wdev) ADDR_INDIRECT); } +static int brcmf_get_first_free_bsscfgidx(struct brcmf_pub *drvr) +{ + int bsscfgidx; + + for (bsscfgidx = 0; bsscfgidx < BRCMF_MAX_IFS; bsscfgidx++) { + /* bsscfgidx 1 is reserved for legacy P2P */Hi Rafał, A bit late as the patch is already applied, but this reserved index is no longer needed as we removed all trickery that was build on the assumption that the P2P_DEVICE interface was always in bsscfgidx 1. Hence this could be removed.
I tested STA on bsscfgidx=0, AP on bsscfgidx=1, and P2P_DEV on bsscfgidx=2. P2P discovery on P2P_DEV interface works as expected so we can indeed drop the 'bsscfgidx 1 is reserved' statement. I want to verify on an older device before creating a patch. Regards, Arend
Regards, Arendquoted
+ if (bsscfgidx == 1) + continue; + if (!drvr->iflist[bsscfgidx]) + return bsscfgidx; + } + + return -ENOMEM; +} + static int brcmf_cfg80211_request_ap_if(struct brcmf_if *ifp) { struct brcmf_mbss_ssid_le mbss_ssid_le;@@ -548,7 +563,7 @@ static int brcmf_cfg80211_request_ap_if(struct brcmf_if *ifp) int err; memset(&mbss_ssid_le, 0, sizeof(mbss_ssid_le)); - bsscfgidx = brcmf_get_next_free_bsscfgidx(ifp->drvr); + bsscfgidx = brcmf_get_first_free_bsscfgidx(ifp->drvr); if (bsscfgidx < 0) return bsscfgidx;diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c index b590499..6a76480 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c@@ -753,30 +753,6 @@ void brcmf_remove_interface(struct brcmf_if *ifp) brcmf_del_if(ifp->drvr, ifp->bsscfgidx); } -int brcmf_get_next_free_bsscfgidx(struct brcmf_pub *drvr) -{ - int ifidx; - int bsscfgidx; - bool available; - int highest; - - available = false; - bsscfgidx = 2; - highest = 2; - for (ifidx = 0; ifidx < BRCMF_MAX_IFS; ifidx++) { - if (drvr->iflist[ifidx]) { - if (drvr->iflist[ifidx]->bsscfgidx == bsscfgidx) - bsscfgidx = highest + 1; - else if (drvr->iflist[ifidx]->bsscfgidx > highest) - highest = drvr->iflist[ifidx]->bsscfgidx; - } else { - available = true; - } - } - - return available ? bsscfgidx : -ENOMEM; -} - #ifdef CONFIG_INET #define ARPOL_MAX_ENTRIES 8 static int brcmf_inetaddr_changed(struct notifier_block *nb,diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h index 647d3cc..2a075c5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked); struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx, bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr); void brcmf_remove_interface(struct brcmf_if *ifp); -int brcmf_get_next_free_bsscfgidx(struct brcmf_pub *drvr); void brcmf_txflowblock_if(struct brcmf_if *ifp, enum brcmf_netif_stop_reason reason, bool state); void brcmf_txfinalize(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct sk_buff *txp, bool success);