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<title>mac80211: drop data frames without key on encrypted links</title>
<updated>2020-03-26T14:49:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-03-26T13:09:42+00:00</published>
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If we know that we have an encrypted link (based on having had
a key configured for TX in the past) then drop all data frames
in the key selection handler if there's no key anymore.

This fixes an issue with mac80211 internal TXQs - there we can
buffer frames for an encrypted link, but then if the key is no
longer there when they're dequeued, the frames are sent without
encryption. This happens if a station is disconnected while the
frames are still on the TXQ.

Detecting that a link should be encrypted based on a first key
having been configured for TX is fine as there are no use cases
for a connection going from with encryption to no encryption.
With extended key IDs, however, there is a case of having a key
configured for only decryption, so we can't just trigger this
behaviour on a key being configured.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Jouni Malinen &lt;j@w1.fi&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/iwlwifi.20200326150855.6865c7f28a14.I9fb1d911b064262d33e33dfba730cdeef83926ca@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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If we know that we have an encrypted link (based on having had
a key configured for TX in the past) then drop all data frames
in the key selection handler if there's no key anymore.

This fixes an issue with mac80211 internal TXQs - there we can
buffer frames for an encrypted link, but then if the key is no
longer there when they're dequeued, the frames are sent without
encryption. This happens if a station is disconnected while the
frames are still on the TXQ.

Detecting that a link should be encrypted based on a first key
having been configured for TX is fine as there are no use cases
for a connection going from with encryption to no encryption.
With extended key IDs, however, there is a case of having a key
configured for only decryption, so we can't just trigger this
behaviour on a key being configured.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Jouni Malinen &lt;j@w1.fi&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/iwlwifi.20200326150855.6865c7f28a14.I9fb1d911b064262d33e33dfba730cdeef83926ca@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mac80211: Turn AQL into an NL80211_EXT_FEATURE</title>
<updated>2019-12-13T09:34:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Toke Høiland-Jørgensen</name>
<email>toke@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-12-12T11:14:37+00:00</published>
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Instead of just having an airtime flag in debugfs, turn AQL into a proper
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE, so drivers can turn it on when they are ready, and so
we also expose the presence of the feature to userspace.

This also has the effect of flipping the default, so drivers have to opt in
to using AQL instead of getting it by default with TXQs. To keep
functionality the same as pre-patch, we set this feature for ath10k (which
is where it is needed the most).

While we're at it, split out the debugfs interface so AQL gets its own
per-station debugfs file instead of using the 'airtime' file.

[Johannes:]
This effectively disables AQL for iwlwifi, where it fixes a number of
issues:
 * TSO in iwlwifi is causing underflows and associated warnings in AQL
 * HE (802.11ax) rates aren't reported properly so at HE rates, AQL could
   never have a valid estimate (it'd use 6 Mbps instead of up to 2400!)

Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191212111437.224294-1-toke@redhat.com
Fixes: 3ace10f5b5ad ("mac80211: Implement Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL)")
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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Instead of just having an airtime flag in debugfs, turn AQL into a proper
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE, so drivers can turn it on when they are ready, and so
we also expose the presence of the feature to userspace.

This also has the effect of flipping the default, so drivers have to opt in
to using AQL instead of getting it by default with TXQs. To keep
functionality the same as pre-patch, we set this feature for ath10k (which
is where it is needed the most).

While we're at it, split out the debugfs interface so AQL gets its own
per-station debugfs file instead of using the 'airtime' file.

[Johannes:]
This effectively disables AQL for iwlwifi, where it fixes a number of
issues:
 * TSO in iwlwifi is causing underflows and associated warnings in AQL
 * HE (802.11ax) rates aren't reported properly so at HE rates, AQL could
   never have a valid estimate (it'd use 6 Mbps instead of up to 2400!)

Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191212111437.224294-1-toke@redhat.com
Fixes: 3ace10f5b5ad ("mac80211: Implement Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL)")
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'driver-core-5.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core</title>
<updated>2019-11-27T19:06:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-27T19:06:20+00:00</published>
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Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the "big" set of driver core patches for 5.5-rc1

  There's a few minor cleanups and fixes in here, but the majority of
  the patches in here fall into two buckets:

   - debugfs api cleanups and fixes

   - driver core device link support for boot dependancy issues

  The debugfs api cleanups are working to slowly refactor the debugfs
  apis so that it is even harder to use incorrectly. That work has been
  happening for the past few kernel releases and will continue over
  time, it's a long-term project/goal

  The driver core device link support missed 5.4 by just a bit, so it's
  been sitting and baking for many months now. It's from Saravana Kannan
  to help resolve the problems that DT-based systems have at boot time
  with dependancy graphs and kernel modules. Turns out that no one has
  actually tried to build a generic arm64 kernel with loads of modules
  and have it "just work" for a variety of platforms (like a distro
  kernel). The big problem turned out to be a lack of dependency
  information between different areas of DT entries, and the work here
  resolves that problem and now allows devices to boot properly, and
  quicker than a monolith kernel.

  All of these patches have been in linux-next for a long time with no
  reported issues"

* tag 'driver-core-5.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (68 commits)
  tracing: Remove unnecessary DEBUG_FS dependency
  of: property: Add device link support for interrupt-parent, dmas and -gpio(s)
  debugfs: Fix !DEBUG_FS debugfs_create_automount
  of: property: Add device link support for "iommu-map"
  of: property: Fix the semantics of of_is_ancestor_of()
  i2c: of: Populate fwnode in of_i2c_get_board_info()
  drivers: base: Fix Kconfig indentation
  firmware_loader: Fix labels with comma for builtin firmware
  driver core: Allow device link operations inside sync_state()
  driver core: platform: Declare ret variable only once
  cpu-topology: declare parse_acpi_topology in &lt;linux/arch_topology.h&gt;
  crypto: hisilicon: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
  driver core: platform: use the correct callback type for bus_find_device
  firmware_class: make firmware caching configurable
  driver core: Clarify documentation for fwnode_operations.add_links()
  mailbox: tegra: Fix superfluous IRQ error message
  net: caif: Fix debugfs on 64-bit platforms
  mac80211: Use debugfs_create_xul() helper
  media: c8sectpfe: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
  of: property: Add device link support for iommus, mboxes and io-channels
  ...
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Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the "big" set of driver core patches for 5.5-rc1

  There's a few minor cleanups and fixes in here, but the majority of
  the patches in here fall into two buckets:

   - debugfs api cleanups and fixes

   - driver core device link support for boot dependancy issues

  The debugfs api cleanups are working to slowly refactor the debugfs
  apis so that it is even harder to use incorrectly. That work has been
  happening for the past few kernel releases and will continue over
  time, it's a long-term project/goal

  The driver core device link support missed 5.4 by just a bit, so it's
  been sitting and baking for many months now. It's from Saravana Kannan
  to help resolve the problems that DT-based systems have at boot time
  with dependancy graphs and kernel modules. Turns out that no one has
  actually tried to build a generic arm64 kernel with loads of modules
  and have it "just work" for a variety of platforms (like a distro
  kernel). The big problem turned out to be a lack of dependency
  information between different areas of DT entries, and the work here
  resolves that problem and now allows devices to boot properly, and
  quicker than a monolith kernel.

  All of these patches have been in linux-next for a long time with no
  reported issues"

* tag 'driver-core-5.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (68 commits)
  tracing: Remove unnecessary DEBUG_FS dependency
  of: property: Add device link support for interrupt-parent, dmas and -gpio(s)
  debugfs: Fix !DEBUG_FS debugfs_create_automount
  of: property: Add device link support for "iommu-map"
  of: property: Fix the semantics of of_is_ancestor_of()
  i2c: of: Populate fwnode in of_i2c_get_board_info()
  drivers: base: Fix Kconfig indentation
  firmware_loader: Fix labels with comma for builtin firmware
  driver core: Allow device link operations inside sync_state()
  driver core: platform: Declare ret variable only once
  cpu-topology: declare parse_acpi_topology in &lt;linux/arch_topology.h&gt;
  crypto: hisilicon: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
  driver core: platform: use the correct callback type for bus_find_device
  firmware_class: make firmware caching configurable
  driver core: Clarify documentation for fwnode_operations.add_links()
  mailbox: tegra: Fix superfluous IRQ error message
  net: caif: Fix debugfs on 64-bit platforms
  mac80211: Use debugfs_create_xul() helper
  media: c8sectpfe: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
  of: property: Add device link support for iommus, mboxes and io-channels
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mac80211: Implement Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL)</title>
<updated>2019-11-22T12:36:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kan Yan</name>
<email>kyan@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-19T06:06:09+00:00</published>
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In order for the Fq_CoDel algorithm integrated in mac80211 layer to operate
effectively to control excessive queueing latency, the CoDel algorithm
requires an accurate measure of how long packets stays in the queue, AKA
sojourn time. The sojourn time measured at the mac80211 layer doesn't
include queueing latency in the lower layer (firmware/hardware) and CoDel
expects lower layer to have a short queue. However, most 802.11ac chipsets
offload tasks such TX aggregation to firmware or hardware, thus have a deep
lower layer queue.

Without a mechanism to control the lower layer queue size, packets only
stay in mac80211 layer transiently before being sent to firmware queue.
As a result, the sojourn time measured by CoDel in the mac80211 layer is
almost always lower than the CoDel latency target, hence CoDel does little
to control the latency, even when the lower layer queue causes excessive
latency.

The Byte Queue Limits (BQL) mechanism is commonly used to address the
similar issue with wired network interface. However, this method cannot be
applied directly to the wireless network interface. "Bytes" is not a
suitable measure of queue depth in the wireless network, as the data rate
can vary dramatically from station to station in the same network, from a
few Mbps to over Gbps.

This patch implements an Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL) to make CoDel work
effectively with wireless drivers that utilized firmware/hardware
offloading. AQL allows each txq to release just enough packets to the lower
layer to form 1-2 large aggregations to keep hardware fully utilized and
retains the rest of the frames in mac80211 layer to be controlled by the
CoDel algorithm.

Signed-off-by: Kan Yan &lt;kyan@google.com&gt;
[ Toke: Keep API to set pending airtime internal, fix nits in commit msg ]
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119060610.76681-4-kyan@google.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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In order for the Fq_CoDel algorithm integrated in mac80211 layer to operate
effectively to control excessive queueing latency, the CoDel algorithm
requires an accurate measure of how long packets stays in the queue, AKA
sojourn time. The sojourn time measured at the mac80211 layer doesn't
include queueing latency in the lower layer (firmware/hardware) and CoDel
expects lower layer to have a short queue. However, most 802.11ac chipsets
offload tasks such TX aggregation to firmware or hardware, thus have a deep
lower layer queue.

Without a mechanism to control the lower layer queue size, packets only
stay in mac80211 layer transiently before being sent to firmware queue.
As a result, the sojourn time measured by CoDel in the mac80211 layer is
almost always lower than the CoDel latency target, hence CoDel does little
to control the latency, even when the lower layer queue causes excessive
latency.

The Byte Queue Limits (BQL) mechanism is commonly used to address the
similar issue with wired network interface. However, this method cannot be
applied directly to the wireless network interface. "Bytes" is not a
suitable measure of queue depth in the wireless network, as the data rate
can vary dramatically from station to station in the same network, from a
few Mbps to over Gbps.

This patch implements an Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL) to make CoDel work
effectively with wireless drivers that utilized firmware/hardware
offloading. AQL allows each txq to release just enough packets to the lower
layer to form 1-2 large aggregations to keep hardware fully utilized and
retains the rest of the frames in mac80211 layer to be controlled by the
CoDel algorithm.

Signed-off-by: Kan Yan &lt;kyan@google.com&gt;
[ Toke: Keep API to set pending airtime internal, fix nits in commit msg ]
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119060610.76681-4-kyan@google.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mac80211: Use debugfs_create_xul() helper</title>
<updated>2019-11-09T10:52:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Geert Uytterhoeven</name>
<email>geert+renesas@glider.be</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-25T09:41:25+00:00</published>
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Use the new debugfs_create_xul() helper instead of open-coding the same
operation.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Acked-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes@sipsolutions.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191025094130.26033-3-geert+renesas@glider.be
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Use the new debugfs_create_xul() helper instead of open-coding the same
operation.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Acked-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes@sipsolutions.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191025094130.26033-3-geert+renesas@glider.be
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net</title>
<updated>2019-06-22T12:59:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-22T12:59:24+00:00</published>
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Minor SPDX change conflict.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Minor SPDX change conflict.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500</title>
<updated>2019-06-19T15:09:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-04T08:11:33+00:00</published>
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Based on 2 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation #

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 4122 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Enrico Weigelt &lt;info@metux.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart &lt;kstewart@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal &lt;allison@lohutok.net&gt;
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190604081206.933168790@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Based on 2 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation #

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 4122 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Enrico Weigelt &lt;info@metux.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart &lt;kstewart@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal &lt;allison@lohutok.net&gt;
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190604081206.933168790@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mac80211: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions</title>
<updated>2019-06-14T14:08:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Greg Kroah-Hartman</name>
<email>gregkh@linuxfoundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-14T06:59:34+00:00</published>
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When calling debugfs functions, there is no need to ever check the
return value.  The function can work or not, but the code logic should
never do something different based on this.

Cc: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes@sipsolutions.net&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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When calling debugfs functions, there is no need to ever check the
return value.  The function can work or not, but the code logic should
never do something different based on this.

Cc: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes@sipsolutions.net&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mac80211: update HE IEs to D3.3</title>
<updated>2019-02-22T12:46:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Liad Kaufman</name>
<email>liad.kaufman@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-02-06T11:17:20+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=77ff2c6b49843b01adef1f80abb091753e4c9c65'/>
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<content type='text'>
Update element names and new fields according to D3.3 of
the HE spec.

Signed-off-by: Liad Kaufman &lt;liad.kaufman@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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Update element names and new fields according to D3.3 of
the HE spec.

Signed-off-by: Liad Kaufman &lt;liad.kaufman@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho &lt;luciano.coelho@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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<title>mac80211: Add airtime accounting and scheduling to TXQs</title>
<updated>2019-01-19T08:31:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Toke Høiland-Jørgensen</name>
<email>toke@toke.dk</email>
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<published>2018-12-19T01:02:08+00:00</published>
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This adds airtime accounting and scheduling to the mac80211 TXQ
scheduler. A new callback, ieee80211_sta_register_airtime(), is added
that drivers can call to report airtime usage for stations.

When airtime information is present, mac80211 will schedule TXQs
(through ieee80211_next_txq()) in a way that enforces airtime fairness
between active stations. This scheduling works the same way as the ath9k
in-driver airtime fairness scheduling. If no airtime usage is reported
by the driver, the scheduler will default to round-robin scheduling.

For drivers that don't control TXQ scheduling in software, a new API
function, ieee80211_txq_may_transmit(), is added which the driver can use
to check if the TXQ is eligible for transmission, or should be throttled to
enforce fairness. Calls to this function must also be enclosed in
ieee80211_txq_schedule_{start,end}() calls to ensure proper locking.

The API ieee80211_txq_may_transmit() also ensures that TXQ list will be
aligned aginst driver's own round-robin scheduler list. i.e it rotates
the TXQ list till it makes the requested node becomes the first entry
in TXQ list. Thus both the TXQ list and driver's list are in sync.

Co-developed-by: Rajkumar Manoharan &lt;rmanohar@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Louie Lu &lt;git@louie.lu&gt;
[added debugfs write op to reset airtime counter]
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@toke.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan &lt;rmanohar@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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This adds airtime accounting and scheduling to the mac80211 TXQ
scheduler. A new callback, ieee80211_sta_register_airtime(), is added
that drivers can call to report airtime usage for stations.

When airtime information is present, mac80211 will schedule TXQs
(through ieee80211_next_txq()) in a way that enforces airtime fairness
between active stations. This scheduling works the same way as the ath9k
in-driver airtime fairness scheduling. If no airtime usage is reported
by the driver, the scheduler will default to round-robin scheduling.

For drivers that don't control TXQ scheduling in software, a new API
function, ieee80211_txq_may_transmit(), is added which the driver can use
to check if the TXQ is eligible for transmission, or should be throttled to
enforce fairness. Calls to this function must also be enclosed in
ieee80211_txq_schedule_{start,end}() calls to ensure proper locking.

The API ieee80211_txq_may_transmit() also ensures that TXQ list will be
aligned aginst driver's own round-robin scheduler list. i.e it rotates
the TXQ list till it makes the requested node becomes the first entry
in TXQ list. Thus both the TXQ list and driver's list are in sync.

Co-developed-by: Rajkumar Manoharan &lt;rmanohar@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Louie Lu &lt;git@louie.lu&gt;
[added debugfs write op to reset airtime counter]
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@toke.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan &lt;rmanohar@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
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