From: Nishant Sarmukadam Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:53:15 +0000 (+0530) Subject: mwl8k: Set packet timestamp to 0 when life time expiry is not used X-Git-Tag: v3.8-rc1~139^2~17^2~201 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b8d9e572cb8794335fb4ba63ff962acaa3c4473b;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-3.10.git mwl8k: Set packet timestamp to 0 when life time expiry is not used Set tx packet timestamp to 0 in following scenarios:- - All packets in STA mode - Mgmt packets in AP mode - Eapol packets in AP mode In STA mode, this field is unused in the firmware. In AP mode, we should not be expiring mgmt and eapol frames. Setting timestamp to 0 will ensure that. Signed-off-by: Nishant Sarmukadam Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c index a4d3dcb..3db49509 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c @@ -2033,6 +2033,8 @@ mwl8k_txq_xmit(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, if (priv->ap_fw && ieee80211_is_data(wh->frame_control) && !eapol_frame) tx->timestamp = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(priv->regs + MWL8K_HW_TIMER_REGISTER)); + else + tx->timestamp = 0; wmb(); tx->status = cpu_to_le32(MWL8K_TXD_STATUS_FW_OWNED | txstatus);