mwifiex: toggle carrier state in start_ap/stop_ap.

In uap mode the carrier is not enabled until after the first STA joins.
The carrier triggers the bridge to start its state machine, and if STP
is enabled, it takes 4 seconds as it transitions from disabled to
forwarding. During this time the bridge drops all traffic, and the EAPOL
handshake times out after 3 seconds, preventing stations from joining.

Follow the logic used in mac80211 and start the carrier in start_ap
and disable it in stop_ap. This has a nice benefit of allowing the
first station connection time to be reduced by up to 75% when STP is
in use.

Signed-off-by: Martin Faltesek <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index b7ac45f324d7b60d290b661afb939ff6783826d0..4073116e6e9fa8915c9fd4d35d932ccd5f3f2a08 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -1821,6 +1821,10 @@ static int mwifiex_cfg80211_stop_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev)
                return -1;
        }
 
+       if (netif_carrier_ok(priv->netdev))
+               netif_carrier_off(priv->netdev);
+       mwifiex_stop_net_dev_queue(priv->netdev, priv->adapter);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1925,6 +1929,10 @@ static int mwifiex_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy,
        if (mwifiex_set_mgmt_ies(priv, &params->beacon))
                return -1;
 
+       if (!netif_carrier_ok(priv->netdev))
+               netif_carrier_on(priv->netdev);
+       mwifiex_wake_up_net_dev_queue(priv->netdev, priv->adapter);
+
        memcpy(&priv->bss_cfg, bss_cfg, sizeof(priv->bss_cfg));
        kfree(bss_cfg);
        return 0;

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_event.c
index 078834cf125189d6c265fdc1c54476611324ed10..86ff54296f39b6c8f2c9855cfb43fabd070976f8 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_event.c
@@ -179,19 +179,12 @@ int mwifiex_process_uap_event(struct mwifiex_private *priv)
        case EVENT_UAP_BSS_IDLE:
                priv->media_connected = false;
                priv->port_open = false;
-               if (netif_carrier_ok(priv->netdev))
-                       netif_carrier_off(priv->netdev);
-               mwifiex_stop_net_dev_queue(priv->netdev, adapter);
-
                mwifiex_clean_txrx(priv);
                mwifiex_del_all_sta_list(priv);
                break;
        case EVENT_UAP_BSS_ACTIVE:
                priv->media_connected = true;
                priv->port_open = true;
-               if (!netif_carrier_ok(priv->netdev))
-                       netif_carrier_on(priv->netdev);
-               mwifiex_wake_up_net_dev_queue(priv->netdev, adapter);
                break;
        case EVENT_UAP_BSS_START:
                mwifiex_dbg(adapter, EVENT,