From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:49:11 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: ath9k: fix transmitting to stations in dynamic SMPS mode
X-Git-Tag: v4.4.262~73
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4140382904c244b05bf921dd323475e9d1d851b0;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git

ath9k: fix transmitting to stations in dynamic SMPS mode

commit 3b9ea7206d7e1fdd7419cbd10badd3b2c80d04b4 upstream.

When transmitting to a receiver in dynamic SMPS mode, all transmissions that
use multiple spatial streams need to be sent using CTS-to-self or RTS/CTS to
give the receiver's extra chains some time to wake up.
This fixes the tx rate getting stuck at <= MCS7 for some clients, especially
Intel ones, which make aggressive use of SMPS.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Martin Kennedy <hurricos@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210214184911.96702-1-nbd@nbd.name
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index a660e40f2df1e..70b5dbe9de6aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ struct ath_frame_info {
 	s8 txq;
 	u8 keyix;
 	u8 rtscts_rate;
-	u8 retries : 7;
+	u8 retries : 6;
+	u8 dyn_smps : 1;
 	u8 baw_tracked : 1;
 	u8 tx_power;
 	enum ath9k_key_type keytype:2;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 3e3dac3d70604..94fac5dc1b4af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -1228,6 +1228,11 @@ static void ath_buf_set_rate(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf,
 				 is_40, is_sgi, is_sp);
 			if (rix < 8 && (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC))
 				info->rates[i].RateFlags |= ATH9K_RATESERIES_STBC;
+			if (rix >= 8 && fi->dyn_smps) {
+				info->rates[i].RateFlags |=
+					ATH9K_RATESERIES_RTS_CTS;
+				info->flags |= ATH9K_TXDESC_CTSENA;
+			}
 
 			info->txpower[i] = ath_get_rate_txpower(sc, bf, rix,
 								is_40, false);
@@ -2114,6 +2119,7 @@ static void setup_frame_info(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		fi->keyix = an->ps_key;
 	else
 		fi->keyix = ATH9K_TXKEYIX_INVALID;
+	fi->dyn_smps = sta && sta->smps_mode == IEEE80211_SMPS_DYNAMIC;
 	fi->keytype = keytype;
 	fi->framelen = framelen;
 	fi->tx_power = txpower;