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author | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2014-11-21 12:40:05 +0100 |
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committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2015-01-08 15:28:16 +0100 |
commit | 8d791361a4698ca6f01c361a47b39b30d26bf66c (patch) | |
tree | 802b7624727e6e50b813eef04f9a70bdcdd021b9 | |
parent | a76b1942a10293a94edf3c93c23a6231b63532f5 (diff) | |
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nl80211: clarify packet statistics descriptions
The current statistics we keep aren't very clear, some are on
MPDUs and some on MSDUs/MMPDUs. Clarify the descriptions based
on the counters mac80211 keeps.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
-rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 24 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index ef26ce1..95420fb 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -950,8 +950,8 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters { * indicate the relevant values in this struct for them * @connected_time: time(in secs) since a station is last connected * @inactive_time: time since last station activity (tx/rx) in milliseconds - * @rx_bytes: bytes received from this station - * @tx_bytes: bytes transmitted to this station + * @rx_bytes: bytes (size of MPDUs) received from this station + * @tx_bytes: bytes (size of MPDUs) transmitted to this station * @llid: mesh local link id * @plid: mesh peer link id * @plink_state: mesh peer link state @@ -964,10 +964,10 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters { * @chain_signal_avg: per-chain signal strength average in dBm * @txrate: current unicast bitrate from this station * @rxrate: current unicast bitrate to this station - * @rx_packets: packets received from this station - * @tx_packets: packets transmitted to this station - * @tx_retries: cumulative retry counts - * @tx_failed: number of failed transmissions (retries exceeded, no ACK) + * @rx_packets: packets (MSDUs & MMPDUs) received from this station + * @tx_packets: packets (MSDUs & MMPDUs) transmitted to this station + * @tx_retries: cumulative retry counts (MPDUs) + * @tx_failed: number of failed transmissions (MPDUs) (retries exceeded, no ACK) * @rx_dropped_misc: Dropped for un-specified reason. * @bss_param: current BSS parameters * @generation: generation number for nl80211 dumps. diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 0c3d341..b0fb5d5 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -2338,18 +2338,24 @@ enum nl80211_sta_bss_param { * * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_INVALID: attribute number 0 is reserved * @NL80211_STA_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME: time since last activity (u32, msecs) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES: total received bytes (u32, from this station) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES: total transmitted bytes (u32, to this station) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES64: total received bytes (u64, from this station) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES64: total transmitted bytes (u64, to this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES: total received bytes (MPDU length) + * (u32, from this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES: total transmitted bytes (MPDU length) + * (u32, to this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BYTES64: total received bytes (MPDU length) + * (u64, from this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES64: total transmitted bytes (MPDU length) + * (u64, to this station) * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL: signal strength of last received PPDU (u8, dBm) * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE: current unicast tx rate, nested attribute * containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_rate_info - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS: total received packet (u32, from this station) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_PACKETS: total transmitted packets (u32, to this - * station) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_RETRIES: total retries (u32, to this station) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_FAILED: total failed packets (u32, to this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS: total received packet (MSDUs and MMPDUs) + * (u32, from this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_PACKETS: total transmitted packets (MSDUs and MMPDUs) + * (u32, to this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_RETRIES: total retries (MPDUs) (u32, to this station) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_FAILED: total failed packets (MPDUs) + * (u32, to this station) * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG: signal strength average (u8, dBm) * @NL80211_STA_INFO_LLID: the station's mesh LLID * @NL80211_STA_INFO_PLID: the station's mesh PLID |