iwlwifi: mvm: don't delay the association until after beacon
If we haven't heard a beacon before we associate we can
still start the association process and set the MAC in
the firmware to associated only after having received a
beacon with DTIM period by reacting to the new change
flag (BSS_CHANGED_DTIM_PERIOD) from mac80211.
This reduces the association time in these cases.
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index e0d79e3..6bfcb3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL |
IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF |
IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE |
- IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_BEFORE_ASSOC |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS |
IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION;
@@ -671,8 +670,6 @@
IWL_ERR(mvm, "failed to update quotas\n");
return;
}
- iwl_mvm_remove_time_event(mvm, mvmvif,
- &mvmvif->time_event_data);
} else if (mvmvif->ap_sta_id != IWL_MVM_STATION_COUNT) {
/* remove AP station now that the MAC is unassoc */
ret = iwl_mvm_rm_sta_id(mvm, vif, mvmvif->ap_sta_id);
@@ -684,6 +681,13 @@
if (ret)
IWL_ERR(mvm, "failed to update quotas\n");
}
+ } else if (changes & BSS_CHANGED_DTIM_PERIOD) {
+ /*
+ * We received a beacon _after_ association so
+ * remove the session protection.
+ */
+ iwl_mvm_remove_time_event(mvm, mvmvif,
+ &mvmvif->time_event_data);
} else if (changes & BSS_CHANGED_PS) {
/*
* TODO: remove this temporary code.