6ea6d920d1ed4ee70daf697f58a93c179fc56ef0 - vendor/opensource/backports

commit	6ea6d920d1ed4ee70daf697f58a93c179fc56ef0	[log] [tgz]
author	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>	Sat Mar 21 15:25:43 2015 +0100
committer	Marty Faltesek <mfaltesek@google.com>	Mon May 11 20:29:41 2015 -0400
tree	31b8b03a4a6652a34883ed66b353408eb22d3124
parent	77169ebae490b1adaeb25777b33aca5aefefaeba [diff]

mac80211: add TX fastpath

In order to speed up mac80211's TX path, add the "fast-xmit" cache
that will cache the data frame 802.11 header and other data to be
able to build the frame more quickly. This cache is rebuilt when
external triggers imply changes, but a lot of the checks done per
packet today are simplified away to the check for the cache.

There's also a more detailed description in the code.

Change-Id: Ia60b2905b5f9a84c549598f57eba581aae76b772
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

include/net/mac80211.h[diff]
net/mac80211/cfg.c[diff]
net/mac80211/chan.c[diff]
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h[diff]
net/mac80211/key.c[diff]
net/mac80211/rx.c[diff]
net/mac80211/sta_info.c[diff]
net/mac80211/sta_info.h[diff]
net/mac80211/tx.c[diff]

9 files changed

tree: 31b8b03a4a6652a34883ed66b353408eb22d3124