mac80211: add a function for setting the TIM bit for a specific station

This allows a driver to buffer frames for a PS station and tell mac80211
to wake it up even though mac80211 does not have any buffered frames for
it.
This is necessary for properly handling aggregation related buffering,
in ath9k, because the driver needs to keep its frames in order to keep
track of the Block-ACK window.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 361bc5d85b1a..162363b6cb62 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2227,6 +2227,18 @@ static inline int ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 #define IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM    13
 
 /**
+ * ieee80211_sta_set_tim - set the TIM bit for a sleeping station
+ *
+ * If a driver buffers frames for a powersave station instead of passing
+ * them back to mac80211 for retransmission, the station needs to be told
+ * to wake up using the TIM bitmap in the beacon.
+ *
+ * This function sets the station's TIM bit - it will be cleared when the
+ * station wakes up.
+ */
+void ieee80211_sta_set_tim(struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
+
+/**
  * ieee80211_tx_status - transmit status callback
  *
  * Call this function for all transmitted frames after they have been