ARRAY_SIZE is present in all kernel versions we support. Use it instead
of other definitions. Define ARRAY_SIZE in the userspace tools as well.
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* Counters for total outstanding instances for each resource type (skb, ath_node and ath_buf)
* One pair of acquisition/release functions per resource type in unlocked and one in locked
* Adds some more _debug versions of functions in the call chain that acquire/release resources so that the original func/line in the driver as well as the func/line that affected the resource use can be shown in the trace. Intermediate stack frames aren't necessary to trace the leaks.
* Changes naming convention for "lock-required" functions to suffix _locked for the versions that expect locking, to be consistent with some other places in the code.
* Consolidate debug messages to the helper functions that actually affect the reference count or acquire/release a resource
* Additional sanity checks and leak detection (esp for detecting node ref leaks through skb)
* skb references are nulled out by the new sbk unref/free function.
I've tested these changes extensively and found lots of cases where we didn't get enough node references when cloning skbuff, and where the kernel drops packets due to performance issues and leaks our node references.
With these changes and the tracing enabled I have verified that:
* TX BUF: tx buffers always go down to zero when the tx queue is done, and you can watch tx queue usage ratio go up and down again as the driver is working. There are no leaks here at the moment, although there *are* some in the madwifi-dfs branch during CAC at the moment.
* skbuff leaks in all the common flows are fixed. We were leaking node references in a lot of places where kernel was dropping skb's due to congestion and we were failing to increment node references when cloning skbuffs. These are now detected, as are skbuffs that are reaped by the kernel while still holding a node reference.
* the ath_node count works correctly and on an idle system we get about 5 references per station table node, with 2 node instances per VAP. One for the bss and one for the node in the station table, I believe. The ath_node count goes up and down but always lands back at the stable number based on the vaps you have configured and the number of actual stations in the station table. The point here is that it's pretty constant what you will see over time, despite excessive node creation/release in our code during input (esp input_all). Thank god for the slab allocator.
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* Enhance readability of some functions WRT node referencing by putting blocks around areas where node references are held
* Various bits of consistency of the usage of node references; always unreference them at the point at which they are no longer used. Don't reuse variables implicitly.
* Significant overhaul of the usage of bf_node and ieee80211_cb.ni. Always hold a reference with aforementioned variable and always unreference it properly.
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wireless tools and other clients. This fixes:
bgscan
iwlist <iface> scan
wlanconfig <iface> list scan
wlanconfig <iface> list peers
etc...
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