mac80211: add HW flag for disabling auto link-PS in AP mode

When operating in AP mode the wl1271 hardware filters out null-data
packets as well as management packets. This makes it impossible for
mac80211 to monitor the PS mode by using the PM bit of incoming frames.

Implement a HW flag to indicate that mac80211 should ignore the PM bit.
In addition, expose ieee80211_sta_ps_transition() to make low-level
drivers capable of controlling PS-mode.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c
index 38a797217a91..ffb0de9bc2fa 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ static void ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame(struct ieee80211_local *local,
          *  (b) always process RX events before TX status events if ordering
          *      can be unknown, for example with different interrupt status
          *      bits.
+         *  (c) if PS mode transitions are manual (i.e. the flag
+         *      %IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS is set), always process PS state
+         *      changes before calling TX status events if ordering can be
+         *      unknown.
          */
         if (test_sta_flags(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA) &&
             skb_queue_len(&sta->tx_filtered) < STA_MAX_TX_BUFFER) {