* packets dropped in ath_hardstart are cleaned up there, so cleaning up in parent_queue_xmit is an error
* packets in ieee80211_pwrsave must always have a reference in the cb, so it is better that is fails noisily otherwise
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arguments are boolean.
Originally the arguments were converted to booleans, but r2345 removed
this conversion. I've added the conversion to booleans back again and
removed the use of XOR as it's confusing and unnecessary.
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They are of no use, because they are not updated as the developmnet
continues. It's better to have a single version for MadWifi.
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places where we could use vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid instead of ni->ni_bssid but i'm
not sure about the other ones.
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We were setting this field to 0 as we had no easy way of determining
what TX power was used to transmit a frame. However, by including this
field and setting it to 0dBm we are saying that each frame is being
transmitted at 1mW, which is incorrect. Better to simply not write the
field at all, however this introduces the need for padding in the TX
header to ensure that the TX_FLAGS field is aligned to a 16-bit
boundary.
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* Remove comments that merely duplicate the code (i.e., they don't provide information on Why or explain the opaque)
* Rename some variable for consistency
* Line length -> 80 chars
* Reorder non-dependent code blocks in a function to make it more readable (at least to me)
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beacons and management frames.
this includes benoits r2993 (from dfs branch) and the patch i sent to the list
for review a couple of days ago.
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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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Split skb and node debug flags - one ending in _ref tracks minute changes to reference counts, while the non _ref flag trackes more coarse grained debug events.
Fix a node reference leak before skb_orphan detected by the debug destructor.
Fix debug flag display order for athdebug and 80211debug so that the shorter
name comes first and matches, otherwise only the _ref flags match.
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Preprocessor flag now used to toggle printk output prior to blocking on
a spinlock.
There is of course a chance that the spinlock will be taken between the time we check it and print our little message, but this should still be of some assistance troubleshoot locking mistakes that come up in the future.
If you turn on the flag, you can find out what locks are being contended for and from which functions... i.e. ath_intr fights for a particular lock, etc.
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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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Move the outer ni_tmp in ieee80211_deliver_data() to the scope where
it's used. Don't set it to NULL, it goes out of scope and cannot be
used elsewhere.
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Refcount fix for skb_clone/etc where we were not keeping reference counter matching the number of skbuff instances and were not having enough references.
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catch messages that occur during VAP startup (before you can possibly invoke
80211debug).
Support for shared debug flags where they take effect across all devices
(i.e. shared flags in athdebug), and when they take effect across all VAPs
(i.e. shared flags in 80211debug).
Some additional debugging flags, including some in preparation for more leak
detection code to be merged shortly as well as some from madwifi-dfs.
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we use skb->cb (will be in a subsequent commit/merge) should use
this macro. This is part of a larger batch of changes I am in the process
of merging that add better visibility into skbuff usage/leaks in the driver.
ieee80211_node_refcnt use atomic_read for consistency and because it is
the correct thing to do. atomic_read is a macro that expands to the same
thing in most architectures anyway.
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updating statistics of all known nodes for every inbound packet for an unknown node.
Merging this fix back from DFS branch, found by Benoit.
-gThis line, and those below, will be ignored--
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IEEE80211_IS_CHAN_RADAR and IEEE80211_IS_CHAN_PASSIVE should be in the
headers, not in wlanconfig.c
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On reception of an Associatiion request, always save IEs correctly (i.e., cleanup up any no longer valid IEs in the case that no new, valid IE is received).
Ticket: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1188
Original Patch: Signed-Off-By: Bas
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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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Linux 2.6.24 introduces a sysctl checker that disallows using arbitrary
ctl_name values for sysctl entries. The entries with non-standard
values should set ctl_name to CTL_UNNUMBERED.
On the other hand, using consistent non-zero ctl_name values is required
for older kernels (tested on Linux 2.4.33.3 from Slackware 11).
Thus the solution is to use CTL_UNNUMBERED on Linux 2.6.24+ and the
original values in the older kernels. Move CTL_AUTO and DEV_ATH to
include/compat.h and define them correspondingly.
When copying sysctl entries, check procname for being non-zero, since
ctl_name is zero (CTL_UNNUMBERED) on Linux 2.6.24 and newer.
For the same reason, don't use ctl_name to distinguish entries in
ath_sysctl_template, use extra2 instead.
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Linux 2.6.24 has a sysctl table checker that rejects the tables
presented by the driver. Make the code survive this condition. Free
devname (or dev_name) before freeing the table. Don't do it at the
unregister time, it's too late.
The sysctl tables still need to be fixed.
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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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