* Use roundup() to calculate the next intval boundary for nexttbtt. This method is more simple to understand and computationally simpler.
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from the madwifi-dfs branch (benoit) r3086
Added MAC_FMT & MAC_ADDR macros that can be used as a drop-in
replacement for ether_sprintf(). Fixed some use of ether_sprintf() that
uses the same static buffer twice.
- Without the functional changes.
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It's called with NULL vap in several places, and the old
ath_beacon_config() had such protection. Without this check, the kernel
panics after association in managed mode.
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branch to trunk. especially notable is, that due to improved nexttbtt (next
"target beacon transmit time") calculation we will now get the correct backoff
behaviour for beacons, resulting in only one beacon per beacon interval (the
current head version will send N beacons for N stations in the beacon interval
because they are poorly synchronized). also because of the better timer
synchronization there is no more time lag of up to 1 minute until we see
beacons after a merge. thanks to benoit for figuring that out!
the difference between this patch and the version in the dfs-branch is that it
still uses self linked descriptors and uses the SWBA interrupt only for
updating the nexttbtt. this is necessary to recognize HW merges, for which we
don't get any notification by the hardware (see the thread "IBSS testing" on
this list for more details).
also i tried to clean up a bit, use a more descriptive function name for timer
updates (ath_beacon_update_timers instead of ath_beacon_config) and generally
better distingush between a HW merge and a SW merge.
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i verified that 0 rates also create the same problem in G mode so i removed the reference to A bands.
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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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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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ath_key_alloc() was using pointer subtraction to determine the group key
index. This is not optimal, as it's done by dividing a pointer-sized
integer by a number that is generally not a power of two.
Since there are only 4 (IEEE80211_WEP_NKID) keys to try, it's easier to
try them all in a loop. It also makes the code more reliable, as it now
detects the cases when the key pointer is within the valid range, but
doesn't point to the beginning of an array element.
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Pointers don't fit u_int32_t on 64-bit systems. Besides, conversion
from pointers to integers and vice versa should be generally avoided.
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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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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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