wifi: mac80211: mesh fast xmit support

Previously, fast xmit only worked on interface types where initially a
sta lookup is performed, and a cached header can be attached to the sta,
requiring only some fields to be updated at runtime.

This technique is not directly applicable for a mesh device type due
to the dynamic nature of the topology and protocol. There are more
addresses that need to be filled, and there is an extra header with a
dynamic length based on the addressing mode.

Change the code to cache entries contain a copy of the mesh subframe header +
bridge tunnel header, as well as an embedded struct ieee80211_fast_tx, which
contains the information for building the 802.11 header.

Add a mesh specific early fast xmit call, which looks up a cached entry and
adds only the mesh subframe header, before passing it over to the generic
fast xmit code.

To ensure the changes in network are reflected in these cached headers,
flush affected cached entries on path changes, as well as other conditions
that currently trigger a fast xmit check in other modes (key changes etc.)

This code is loosely based on a previous implementation by:
Sriram R <quic_srirrama@quicinc.com>

Cc: Sriram R <quic_srirrama@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230314095956.62085-4-nbd@nbd.name
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 0255c5745e1c..b22d736285bf 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -2772,6 +2772,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sta_info *sta
 	if (mesh_hdr->flags & MESH_FLAGS_AE) {
 		struct mesh_path *mppath;
 		char *proxied_addr;
+		bool update = false;
 
 		if (multicast)
 			proxied_addr = mesh_hdr->eaddr1;
@@ -2787,11 +2788,18 @@ ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sta_info *sta
 			mpp_path_add(sdata, proxied_addr, eth->h_source);
 		} else {
 			spin_lock_bh(&mppath->state_lock);
-			if (!ether_addr_equal(mppath->mpp, eth->h_source))
+			if (!ether_addr_equal(mppath->mpp, eth->h_source)) {
 				memcpy(mppath->mpp, eth->h_source, ETH_ALEN);
+				update = true;
+			}
 			mppath->exp_time = jiffies;
 			spin_unlock_bh(&mppath->state_lock);
 		}
+
+		/* flush fast xmit cache if the address path changed */
+		if (update)
+			mesh_fast_tx_flush_addr(sdata, proxied_addr);
+
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}