mac80211: dynamic PS - don't enter PS when TX frames are pending
authorArik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:06:54 +0000 (12:06 +0300)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:09:42 +0000 (15:09 -0400)
commit77b7023afe93b5e3bdcf2c0faaa5e5caafb6ef44
tree95816e9126dac6a5e0ebb999066bb4f781138b36
parenteef726994fc4ce2f9d0c880016bd104628ef44c9
mac80211: dynamic PS - don't enter PS when TX frames are pending

Use the tx_frames_pending() driver callback to determine if Tx frames are
pending for its internal queues. If so postpone the dynamic PS timeout
to avoid interrupting Tx traffic.

The commit e8306f989483e4b97a8b37dd268de6c8c6f35e75 enabled this
behavior for drivers with IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK. We enable this
for all drivers supporting dynamic PS.

This patch helps improve performance in noisy environments.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
net/mac80211/mlme.c