mac80211: Add timeout to BA session start API
Allow drivers or rate control algorithms to specify BlockAck session
timeout when initiating an ADDBA transaction. This is useful in cases
where maintaining persistent BA sessions does not incur any overhead.
The current timeout value of 5000 TUs is retained for all non ath9k/ath9k_htc
drivers.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index d4679b2..9cc472c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -342,10 +342,11 @@
/* send AddBA request */
ieee80211_send_addba_request(sdata, sta->sta.addr, tid,
tid_tx->dialog_token, start_seq_num,
- 0x40, 5000);
+ 0x40, tid_tx->timeout);
}
-int ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, u16 tid)
+int ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, u16 tid,
+ u16 timeout)
{
struct sta_info *sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info, sta);
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
@@ -420,6 +421,8 @@
skb_queue_head_init(&tid_tx->pending);
__set_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_WANT_START, &tid_tx->state);
+ tid_tx->timeout = timeout;
+
/* Tx timer */
tid_tx->addba_resp_timer.function = sta_addba_resp_timer_expired;
tid_tx->addba_resp_timer.data = (unsigned long)&sta->timer_to_tid[tid];