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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2008-09-10 18:01:56 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-09-15 16:48:22 -0400
commitccd7b36286f8c42b3fa95c5a8d402162ffab41df (patch)
treec5eb18d98de275c64b45e96ce771c54158524fea /net
parentc2b13452b283f9c4a5b02a6b53ed6416ebf4c03c (diff)
mac80211: clean up some comments
Some comments refer to 80211.o or similar; also remove a comment about implementing fragments better, we really have better things to do. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h7
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/rx.c4
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/tx.c15
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/wme.h1
4 files changed, 5 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 5c38ea084540..1f9336a30e3b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
29#include "key.h" 29#include "key.h"
30#include "sta_info.h" 30#include "sta_info.h"
31 31
32/* ieee80211.o internal definitions, etc. These are not included into
33 * low-level drivers. */
34
35struct ieee80211_local; 32struct ieee80211_local;
36 33
37/* Maximum number of broadcast/multicast frames to buffer when some of the 34/* Maximum number of broadcast/multicast frames to buffer when some of the
@@ -293,13 +290,13 @@ struct mesh_config {
293#define IEEE80211_STA_AUTO_BSSID_SEL BIT(11) 290#define IEEE80211_STA_AUTO_BSSID_SEL BIT(11)
294#define IEEE80211_STA_AUTO_CHANNEL_SEL BIT(12) 291#define IEEE80211_STA_AUTO_CHANNEL_SEL BIT(12)
295#define IEEE80211_STA_PRIVACY_INVOKED BIT(13) 292#define IEEE80211_STA_PRIVACY_INVOKED BIT(13)
296/* flags for MLME request*/ 293/* flags for MLME request */
297#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_SCAN 0 294#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_SCAN 0
298#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_DIRECT_PROBE 1 295#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_DIRECT_PROBE 1
299#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_AUTH 2 296#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_AUTH 2
300#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_RUN 3 297#define IEEE80211_STA_REQ_RUN 3
301 298
302/* flags used for setting mlme state */ 299/* STA/IBSS MLME states */
303enum ieee80211_sta_mlme_state { 300enum ieee80211_sta_mlme_state {
304 IEEE80211_STA_MLME_DISABLED, 301 IEEE80211_STA_MLME_DISABLED,
305 IEEE80211_STA_MLME_DIRECT_PROBE, 302 IEEE80211_STA_MLME_DIRECT_PROBE,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 582396a4fdb5..33530b29c422 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_check(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
501 /* Drop disallowed frame classes based on STA auth/assoc state; 501 /* Drop disallowed frame classes based on STA auth/assoc state;
502 * IEEE 802.11, Chap 5.5. 502 * IEEE 802.11, Chap 5.5.
503 * 503 *
504 * 80211.o does filtering only based on association state, i.e., it 504 * mac80211 filters only based on association state, i.e. it drops
505 * drops Class 3 frames from not associated stations. hostapd sends 505 * Class 3 frames from not associated stations. hostapd sends
506 * deauth/disassoc frames when needed. In addition, hostapd is 506 * deauth/disassoc frames when needed. In addition, hostapd is
507 * responsible for filtering on both auth and assoc states. 507 * responsible for filtering on both auth and assoc states.
508 */ 508 */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index e606ba08ddd4..1bed3be01c26 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static __le16 ieee80211_duration(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx, int group_addr,
111 hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)tx->skb->data; 111 hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)tx->skb->data;
112 if (ieee80211_is_ctl(hdr->frame_control)) { 112 if (ieee80211_is_ctl(hdr->frame_control)) {
113 /* TODO: These control frames are not currently sent by 113 /* TODO: These control frames are not currently sent by
114 * 80211.o, but should they be implemented, this function 114 * mac80211, but should they be implemented, this function
115 * needs to be updated to support duration field calculation. 115 * needs to be updated to support duration field calculation.
116 * 116 *
117 * RTS: time needed to transmit pending data/mgmt frame plus 117 * RTS: time needed to transmit pending data/mgmt frame plus
@@ -1580,19 +1580,6 @@ int ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
1580 nh_pos -= skip_header_bytes; 1580 nh_pos -= skip_header_bytes;
1581 h_pos -= skip_header_bytes; 1581 h_pos -= skip_header_bytes;
1582 1582
1583 /* TODO: implement support for fragments so that there is no need to
1584 * reallocate and copy payload; it might be enough to support one
1585 * extra fragment that would be copied in the beginning of the frame
1586 * data.. anyway, it would be nice to include this into skb structure
1587 * somehow
1588 *
1589 * There are few options for this:
1590 * use skb->cb as an extra space for 802.11 header
1591 * allocate new buffer if not enough headroom
1592 * make sure that there is enough headroom in every skb by increasing
1593 * build in headroom in __dev_alloc_skb() (linux/skbuff.h) and
1594 * alloc_skb() (net/core/skbuff.c)
1595 */
1596 head_need = hdrlen + encaps_len + meshhdrlen - skb_headroom(skb); 1583 head_need = hdrlen + encaps_len + meshhdrlen - skb_headroom(skb);
1597 1584
1598 /* 1585 /*
diff --git a/net/mac80211/wme.h b/net/mac80211/wme.h
index 465e274df7c5..bc62f28a4d3d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wme.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/wme.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
1/* 1/*
2 * IEEE 802.11 driver (80211.o) - QoS datatypes
3 * Copyright 2004, Instant802 Networks, Inc. 2 * Copyright 2004, Instant802 Networks, Inc.
4 * Copyright 2005, Devicescape Software, Inc. 3 * Copyright 2005, Devicescape Software, Inc.
5 * 4 *