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/*
 * Atheros CARL9170 driver
 *
 * 802.11 & command trap routines
 *
 * Copyright 2008, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
 * Copyright 2009, 2010, Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 *
 * This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and
 * permission notice:
 *    Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Atheros Communications, Inc.
 *
 *    Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
 *    purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
 *    copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
 *
 *    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
 *    WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
 *    MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
 *    ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
 *    WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
 *    ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 *    OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 */

#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/crc32.h>
#include <net/mac80211.h>
#include "carl9170.h"
#include "hw.h"
#include "cmd.h"

static void carl9170_dbg_message(struct ar9170 *ar, const char *buf, u32 len)
{
        bool restart = false;
        enum carl9170_restart_reasons reason = CARL9170_RR_NO_REASON;

        if (len > 3) {
                if (memcmp(buf, CARL9170_ERR_MAGIC, 3) == 0) {
                        ar->fw.err_counter++;
                        if (ar->fw.err_counter > 3) {
                                restart = true;
                                reason = CARL9170_RR_TOO_MANY_FIRMWARE_ERRORS;
                        }
                }

                if (memcmp(buf, CARL9170_BUG_MAGIC, 3) == 0) {
                        ar->fw.bug_counter++;
                        restart = true;
                        reason = CARL9170_RR_FATAL_FIRMWARE_ERROR;
                }
        }

        wiphy_info(ar->hw->wiphy, "FW: %.*s\n", len, buf);

        if (restart)
                carl9170_restart(ar, reason);
}

static void carl9170_handle_ps(struct ar9170 *ar, struct carl9170_rsp *rsp)
{
        u32 ps;
        bool new_ps;

        ps = le32_to_cpu(rsp->psm.state);

        new_ps = (ps & CARL9170_PSM_COUNTER) != CARL9170_PSM_WAKE;
        if (ar->ps.state != new_ps) {
                if (!new_ps) {
                        ar->ps.sleep_ms = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies -
                                ar->ps.last_action);
                }

                ar->ps.last_action = jiffies;

                ar->ps.state = new_ps;
        }
}

static int carl9170_check_sequence(struct ar9170 *ar, unsigned int seq)
{
        if (ar->cmd_seq < -1)
                return 0;

        /*
         * Initialize Counter
         */
        if (ar->cmd_seq < 0)
                ar->cmd_seq = seq;

        /*
         * The sequence is strictly monotonic increasing and it never skips!
         *
         * Therefore we can safely assume that whenever we received an
         * unexpected sequence we have lost some valuable data.
         */
        if (seq != ar->cmd_seq) {
                int count;

                count = (seq - ar->cmd_seq) % ar->fw.cmd_bufs;

                wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "lost %d command responses/traps! "
                          "w:%d g:%d\n", count, ar->cmd_seq, seq);

                carl9170_restart(ar, CARL9170_RR_LOST_RSP);
                return -EIO;
        }

        ar->cmd_seq = (ar->cmd_seq + 1) % ar->fw.cmd_bufs;
        return 0;
}

static void carl9170_cmd_callback(struct ar9170 *ar, u32 len, void *buffer)
{
        /*
         * Some commands may have a variable response length
         * and we cannot predict the correct length in advance.
         * So we only check if we provided enough space for the data.
         */
        if (unlikely(ar->readlen != (len - 4))) {
                dev_warn(&ar->udev->dev, "received invalid command response:"
                         "got %d, instead of %d\n", len - 4, ar->readlen);
                print_hex_dump_bytes("carl9170 cmd:", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
                        ar->cmd_buf, (ar->cmd.hdr.len + 4) & 0x3f);
                print_hex_dump_bytes("carl9170 rsp:", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
                        buffer, len);
                /*
                 * Do not complete. The command times out,
                 * and we get a stack trace from there.
                 */
                carl9170_restart(ar, CARL9170_RR_INVALID_RSP);
        }

        spin_lock(&ar->cmd_lock);
        if (ar->readbuf) {
                if (len >= 4)
                        memcpy(ar->readbuf, buffer + 4, len - 4);

                ar->readbuf = NULL;
        }
        complete(&ar->cmd_wait);
        spin_unlock(&ar->cmd_lock);
}

void carl9170_handle_command_response(struct ar9170 *ar, void *buf, u32 len)
{
        struct carl9170_rsp *cmd = buf;
        struct ieee80211_vif *vif;

        if ((cmd->hdr.cmd & CARL9170_RSP_FLAG) != CARL9170_RSP_FLAG) {
                if (!(cmd->hdr.cmd & CARL9170_CMD_ASYNC_FLAG))
                        carl9170_cmd_callback(ar, len, buf);

                return;
        }

        if (unlikely(cmd->hdr.len != (len - 4))) {
                if (net_ratelimit()) {
                        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "FW: received over-/under"
                                "sized event %x (%d, but should be %d).\n",
                               cmd->hdr.cmd, cmd->hdr.len, len - 4);

                        print_hex_dump_bytes("dump:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
                                             buf, len);
                }

                return;
        }

        /* hardware event handlers */
        switch (cmd->hdr.cmd) {
        case CARL9170_RSP_PRETBTT:
                /* pre-TBTT event */
                rcu_read_lock();
                vif = carl9170_get_main_vif(ar);

                if (!vif) {
                        rcu_read_unlock();
                        break;
                }

                switch (vif->type) {
                case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
                        carl9170_handle_ps(ar, cmd);
                        break;

                case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
                case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
                case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
                        carl9170_update_beacon(ar, true);
                        break;

                default:
                        break;
                }
                rcu_read_unlock();

                break;


        case CARL9170_RSP_TXCOMP:
                /* TX status notification */
                carl9170_tx_process_status(ar, cmd);
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_BEACON_CONFIG:
                /*
                 * (IBSS) beacon send notification
                 * bytes: 04 c2 XX YY B4 B3 B2 B1
                 *
                 * XX always 80
                 * YY always 00
                 * B1-B4 "should" be the number of send out beacons.
                 */
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_ATIM:
                /* End of Atim Window */
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_WATCHDOG:
                /* Watchdog Interrupt */
                carl9170_restart(ar, CARL9170_RR_WATCHDOG);
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_TEXT:
                /* firmware debug */
                carl9170_dbg_message(ar, (char *)buf + 4, len - 4);
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_HEXDUMP:
                wiphy_dbg(ar->hw->wiphy, "FW: HD %d\n", len - 4);
                print_hex_dump_bytes("FW:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
                                     (char *)buf + 4, len - 4);
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_RADAR:
                if (!net_ratelimit())
                        break;

                wiphy_info(ar->hw->wiphy, "FW: RADAR! Please report this "
                       "incident to linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org !\n");
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_GPIO:
#ifdef CONFIG_CARL9170_WPC
                if (ar->wps.pbc) {
                        bool state = !!(cmd->gpio.gpio & cpu_to_le32(
                                AR9170_GPIO_PORT_WPS_BUTTON_PRESSED));

                        if (state != ar->wps.pbc_state) {
                                ar->wps.pbc_state = state;
                                input_report_key(ar->wps.pbc, KEY_WPS_BUTTON,
                                                 state);
                                input_sync(ar->wps.pbc);
                        }
                }
#endif /* CONFIG_CARL9170_WPC */
                break;

        case CARL9170_RSP_BOOT:
                complete(&ar->fw_boot_wait);
                break;

        default:
                wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "FW: received unhandled event %x\n",
                        cmd->hdr.cmd);
                print_hex_dump_bytes("dump:", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, buf, len);
                break;
        }
}

static int carl9170_rx_mac_status(struct ar9170 *ar,
        struct ar9170_rx_head *head, struct ar9170_rx_macstatus *mac,
        struct ieee80211_rx_status *status)
{
        struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
        u8 error, decrypt;

        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_head) != 12);
        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_macstatus) != 4);

        error = mac->error;

        if (error & AR9170_RX_ERROR_WRONG_RA) {
                if (!ar->sniffer_enabled)
                        return -EINVAL;
        }

        if (error & AR9170_RX_ERROR_PLCP) {
                if (!(ar->filter_state & FIF_PLCPFAIL))
                        return -EINVAL;

                status->flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_PLCP_CRC;
        }

        if (error & AR9170_RX_ERROR_FCS) {
                ar->tx_fcs_errors++;

                if (!(ar->filter_state & FIF_FCSFAIL))
                        return -EINVAL;

                status->flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC;
        }

        decrypt = ar9170_get_decrypt_type(mac);
        if (!(decrypt & AR9170_RX_ENC_SOFTWARE) &&
            decrypt != AR9170_ENC_ALG_NONE) {
                if ((decrypt == AR9170_ENC_ALG_TKIP) &&
                    (error & AR9170_RX_ERROR_MMIC))
                        status->flag |= RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR;

                status->flag |= RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
        }

        if (error & AR9170_RX_ERROR_DECRYPT && !ar->sniffer_enabled)
                return -ENODATA;

        error &= ~(AR9170_RX_ERROR_MMIC |
                   AR9170_RX_ERROR_FCS |
                   AR9170_RX_ERROR_WRONG_RA |
                   AR9170_RX_ERROR_DECRYPT |
                   AR9170_RX_ERROR_PLCP);

        /* drop any other error frames */
        if (unlikely(error)) {
                /* TODO: update netdevice's RX dropped/errors statistics */

                if (net_ratelimit())
                        wiphy_dbg(ar->hw->wiphy, "received frame with "
                               "suspicious error code (%#x).\n", error);

                return -EINVAL;
        }

        chan = ar->channel;
        if (chan) {
                status->band = chan->band;
                status->freq = chan->center_freq;
        }

        switch (mac->status & AR9170_RX_STATUS_MODULATION) {
        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MODULATION_CCK:
                if (mac->status & AR9170_RX_STATUS_SHORT_PREAMBLE)
                        status->flag |= RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE;
                switch (head->plcp[0]) {
                case AR9170_RX_PHY_RATE_CCK_1M:
                        status->rate_idx = 0;
                        break;
                case AR9170_RX_PHY_RATE_CCK_2M:
                        status->rate_idx = 1;
                        break;
                case AR9170_RX_PHY_RATE_CCK_5M:
                        status->rate_idx = 2;
                        break;
                case AR9170_RX_PHY_RATE_CCK_11M:
                        status->rate_idx = 3;
                        break;
                default:
                        if (net_ratelimit()) {
                                wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "invalid plcp cck "
                                       "rate (%x).\n", head->plcp[0]);
                        }

                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                break;

        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MODULATION_DUPOFDM:
        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MODULATION_OFDM:
                switch (head->plcp[0] & 0xf) {
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_6M:
                        status->rate_idx = 0;
                        break;
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_9M:
                        status->rate_idx = 1;
                        break;
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_12M:
                        status->rate_idx = 2;
                        break;
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_18M:
                        status->rate_idx = 3;
                        break;
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_24M:
                        status->rate_idx = 4;
                        break;
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_36M:
                        status->rate_idx = 5;
                        break;
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_48M:
                        status->rate_idx = 6;
                        break;
                case AR9170_TXRX_PHY_RATE_OFDM_54M:
                        status->rate_idx = 7;
                        break;
                default:
                        if (net_ratelimit()) {
                                wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "invalid plcp ofdm "
                                        "rate (%x).\n", head->plcp[0]);
                        }

                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                if (status->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ)
                        status->rate_idx += 4;
                break;

        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MODULATION_HT:
                if (head->plcp[3] & 0x80)
                        status->flag |= RX_FLAG_40MHZ;
                if (head->plcp[6] & 0x80)
                        status->flag |= RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI;

                status->rate_idx = clamp(0, 75, head->plcp[3] & 0x7f);
                status->flag |= RX_FLAG_HT;
                break;

        default:
                BUG();
                return -ENOSYS;
        }

        return 0;
}

static void carl9170_rx_phy_status(struct ar9170 *ar,
        struct ar9170_rx_phystatus *phy, struct ieee80211_rx_status *status)
{
        int i;

        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_phystatus) != 20);

        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
                if (phy->rssi[i] != 0x80)
                        status->antenna |= BIT(i);

        /* post-process RSSI */
        for (i = 0; i < 7; i++)
                if (phy->rssi[i] & 0x80)
                        phy->rssi[i] = ((phy->rssi[i] & 0x7f) + 1) & 0x7f;

        /* TODO: we could do something with phy_errors */
        status->signal = ar->noise[0] + phy->rssi_combined;
}

static struct sk_buff *carl9170_rx_copy_data(u8 *buf, int len)
{
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        int reserved = 0;
        struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *) buf;

        if (ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control)) {
                u8 *qc = ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr);
                reserved += NET_IP_ALIGN;

                if (*qc & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_A_MSDU_PRESENT)
                        reserved += NET_IP_ALIGN;
        }

        if (ieee80211_has_a4(hdr->frame_control))
                reserved += NET_IP_ALIGN;

        reserved = 32 + (reserved & NET_IP_ALIGN);

        skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + reserved);
        if (likely(skb)) {
                skb_reserve(skb, reserved);
                memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), buf, len);
        }

        return skb;
}

static u8 *carl9170_find_ie(u8 *data, unsigned int len, u8 ie)
{
        struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt = (void *)data;
        u8 *pos, *end;

        pos = (u8 *)mgmt->u.beacon.variable;
        end = data + len;
        while (pos < end) {
                if (pos + 2 + pos[1] > end)
                        return NULL;

                if (pos[0] == ie)
                        return pos;

                pos += 2 + pos[1];
        }
        return NULL;
}

/*
 * NOTE:
 *
 * The firmware is in charge of waking up the device just before
 * the AP is expected to transmit the next beacon.
 *
 * This leaves the driver with the important task of deciding when
 * to set the PHY back to bed again.
 */
static void carl9170_ps_beacon(struct ar9170 *ar, void *data, unsigned int len)
{
        struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = data;
        struct ieee80211_tim_ie *tim_ie;
        u8 *tim;
        u8 tim_len;
        bool cam;

        if (likely(!(ar->hw->conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_PS)))
                return;

        /* check if this really is a beacon */
        if (!ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control))
                return;

        /* min. beacon length + FCS_LEN */
        if (len <= 40 + FCS_LEN)
                return;

        /* and only beacons from the associated BSSID, please */
        if (!ether_addr_equal(hdr->addr3, ar->common.curbssid) ||
            !ar->common.curaid)
                return;

        ar->ps.last_beacon = jiffies;

        tim = carl9170_find_ie(data, len - FCS_LEN, WLAN_EID_TIM);
        if (!tim)
                return;

        if (tim[1] < sizeof(*tim_ie))
                return;

        tim_len = tim[1];
        tim_ie = (struct ieee80211_tim_ie *) &tim[2];

        if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!ar->hw->conf.ps_dtim_period))
                ar->ps.dtim_counter = (tim_ie->dtim_count - 1) %
                        ar->hw->conf.ps_dtim_period;

        /* Check whenever the PHY can be turned off again. */

        /* 1. What about buffered unicast traffic for our AID? */
        cam = ieee80211_check_tim(tim_ie, tim_len, ar->common.curaid);

        /* 2. Maybe the AP wants to send multicast/broadcast data? */
        cam |= !!(tim_ie->bitmap_ctrl & 0x01);

        if (!cam) {
                /* back to low-power land. */
                ar->ps.off_override &= ~PS_OFF_BCN;
                carl9170_ps_check(ar);
        } else {
                /* force CAM */
                ar->ps.off_override |= PS_OFF_BCN;
        }
}

static void carl9170_ba_check(struct ar9170 *ar, void *data, unsigned int len)
{
        struct ieee80211_bar *bar = (void *) data;
        struct carl9170_bar_list_entry *entry;
        unsigned int queue;

        if (likely(!ieee80211_is_back(bar->frame_control)))
                return;

        if (len <= sizeof(*bar) + FCS_LEN)
                return;

        queue = TID_TO_WME_AC(((le16_to_cpu(bar->control) &
                IEEE80211_BAR_CTRL_TID_INFO_MASK) >>
                IEEE80211_BAR_CTRL_TID_INFO_SHIFT) & 7);

        rcu_read_lock();
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, &ar->bar_list[queue], list) {
                struct sk_buff *entry_skb = entry->skb;
                struct _carl9170_tx_superframe *super = (void *)entry_skb->data;
                struct ieee80211_bar *entry_bar = (void *)super->frame_data;

#define TID_CHECK(a, b) (                                               \
        ((a) & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_BAR_CTRL_TID_INFO_MASK)) ==        \
        ((b) & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_BAR_CTRL_TID_INFO_MASK)))          \

                if (bar->start_seq_num == entry_bar->start_seq_num &&
                    TID_CHECK(bar->control, entry_bar->control) &&
                    compare_ether_addr(bar->ra, entry_bar->ta) == 0 &&
                    compare_ether_addr(bar->ta, entry_bar->ra) == 0) {
                        struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info;

                        tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(entry_skb);
                        tx_info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK;

                        spin_lock_bh(&ar->bar_list_lock[queue]);
                        list_del_rcu(&entry->list);
                        spin_unlock_bh(&ar->bar_list_lock[queue]);
                        kfree_rcu(entry, head);
                        break;
                }
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();

#undef TID_CHECK
}

static bool carl9170_ampdu_check(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, u8 ms,
                                 struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status)
{
        __le16 fc;

        if ((ms & AR9170_RX_STATUS_MPDU) == AR9170_RX_STATUS_MPDU_SINGLE) {
                /*
                 * This frame is not part of an aMPDU.
                 * Therefore it is not subjected to any
                 * of the following content restrictions.
                 */
                return true;
        }

        rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_AMPDU_DETAILS | RX_FLAG_AMPDU_LAST_KNOWN;
        rx_status->ampdu_reference = ar->ampdu_ref;

        /*
         * "802.11n - 7.4a.3 A-MPDU contents" describes in which contexts
         * certain frame types can be part of an aMPDU.
         *
         * In order to keep the processing cost down, I opted for a
         * stateless filter solely based on the frame control field.
         */

        fc = ((struct ieee80211_hdr *)buf)->frame_control;
        if (ieee80211_is_data_qos(fc) && ieee80211_is_data_present(fc))
                return true;

        if (ieee80211_is_ack(fc) || ieee80211_is_back(fc) ||
            ieee80211_is_back_req(fc))
                return true;

        if (ieee80211_is_action(fc))
                return true;

        return false;
}

static int carl9170_handle_mpdu(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, int len,
                                struct ieee80211_rx_status *status)
{
        struct sk_buff *skb;

        /* (driver) frame trap handler
         *
         * Because power-saving mode handing has to be implemented by
         * the driver/firmware. We have to check each incoming beacon
         * from the associated AP, if there's new data for us (either
         * broadcast/multicast or unicast) we have to react quickly.
         *
         * So, if you have you want to add additional frame trap
         * handlers, this would be the perfect place!
         */

        carl9170_ps_beacon(ar, buf, len);

        carl9170_ba_check(ar, buf, len);

        skb = carl9170_rx_copy_data(buf, len);
        if (!skb)
                return -ENOMEM;

        memcpy(IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), status, sizeof(*status));
        ieee80211_rx(ar->hw, skb);
        return 0;
}

/*
 * If the frame alignment is right (or the kernel has
 * CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS), and there
 * is only a single MPDU in the USB frame, then we could
 * submit to mac80211 the SKB directly. However, since
 * there may be multiple packets in one SKB in stream
 * mode, and we need to observe the proper ordering,
 * this is non-trivial.
 */
static void carl9170_rx_untie_data(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, int len)
{
        struct ar9170_rx_head *head;
        struct ar9170_rx_macstatus *mac;
        struct ar9170_rx_phystatus *phy = NULL;
        struct ieee80211_rx_status status;
        int mpdu_len;
        u8 mac_status;

        if (!IS_STARTED(ar))
                return;

        if (unlikely(len < sizeof(*mac)))
                goto drop;

        memset(&status, 0, sizeof(status));

        mpdu_len = len - sizeof(*mac);

        mac = (void *)(buf + mpdu_len);
        mac_status = mac->status;
        switch (mac_status & AR9170_RX_STATUS_MPDU) {
        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MPDU_FIRST:
                ar->ampdu_ref++;
                /* Aggregated MPDUs start with an PLCP header */
                if (likely(mpdu_len >= sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_head))) {
                        head = (void *) buf;

                        /*
                         * The PLCP header needs to be cached for the
                         * following MIDDLE + LAST A-MPDU packets.
                         *
                         * So, if you are wondering why all frames seem
                         * to share a common RX status information,
                         * then you have the answer right here...
                         */
                        memcpy(&ar->rx_plcp, (void *) buf,
                               sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_head));

                        mpdu_len -= sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_head);
                        buf += sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_head);

                        ar->rx_has_plcp = true;
                } else {
                        if (net_ratelimit()) {
                                wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "plcp info "
                                        "is clipped.\n");
                        }

                        goto drop;
                }
                break;

        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MPDU_LAST:
                status.flag |= RX_FLAG_AMPDU_IS_LAST;

                /*
                 * The last frame of an A-MPDU has an extra tail
                 * which does contain the phy status of the whole
                 * aggregate.
                 */
                if (likely(mpdu_len >= sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_phystatus))) {
                        mpdu_len -= sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_phystatus);
                        phy = (void *)(buf + mpdu_len);
                } else {
                        if (net_ratelimit()) {
                                wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "frame tail "
                                        "is clipped.\n");
                        }

                        goto drop;
                }

        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MPDU_MIDDLE:
                /*  These are just data + mac status */
                if (unlikely(!ar->rx_has_plcp)) {
                        if (!net_ratelimit())
                                return;

                        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "rx stream does not start "
                                        "with a first_mpdu frame tag.\n");

                        goto drop;
                }

                head = &ar->rx_plcp;
                break;

        case AR9170_RX_STATUS_MPDU_SINGLE:
                /* single mpdu has both: plcp (head) and phy status (tail) */
                head = (void *) buf;

                mpdu_len -= sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_head);
                mpdu_len -= sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_phystatus);

                buf += sizeof(struct ar9170_rx_head);
                phy = (void *)(buf + mpdu_len);
                break;

        default:
                BUG_ON(1);
                break;
        }

        /* FC + DU + RA + FCS */
        if (unlikely(mpdu_len < (2 + 2 + ETH_ALEN + FCS_LEN)))
                goto drop;

        if (unlikely(carl9170_rx_mac_status(ar, head, mac, &status)))
                goto drop;

        if (!carl9170_ampdu_check(ar, buf, mac_status, &status))
                goto drop;

        if (phy)
                carl9170_rx_phy_status(ar, phy, &status);
        else
                status.flag |= RX_FLAG_NO_SIGNAL_VAL;

        if (carl9170_handle_mpdu(ar, buf, mpdu_len, &status))
                goto drop;

        return;
drop:
        ar->rx_dropped++;
}

static void carl9170_rx_untie_cmds(struct ar9170 *ar, const u8 *respbuf,
                                   const unsigned int resplen)
{
        struct carl9170_rsp *cmd;
        int i = 0;

        while (i < resplen) {
                cmd = (void *) &respbuf[i];

                i += cmd->hdr.len + 4;
                if (unlikely(i > resplen))
                        break;

                if (carl9170_check_sequence(ar, cmd->hdr.seq))
                        break;

                carl9170_handle_command_response(ar, cmd, cmd->hdr.len + 4);
        }

        if (unlikely(i != resplen)) {
                if (!net_ratelimit())
                        return;

                wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "malformed firmware trap:\n");
                print_hex_dump_bytes("rxcmd:", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
                                     respbuf, resplen);
        }
}

static void __carl9170_rx(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, unsigned int len)
{
        unsigned int i = 0;

        /* weird thing, but this is the same in the original driver */
        while (len > 2 && i < 12 && buf[0] == 0xff && buf[1] == 0xff) {
                i += 2;
                len -= 2;
                buf += 2;
        }

        if (unlikely(len < 4))
                return;

        /* found the 6 * 0xffff marker? */
        if (i == 12)
                carl9170_rx_untie_cmds(ar, buf, len);
        else
                carl9170_rx_untie_data(ar, buf, len);
}

static void carl9170_rx_stream(struct ar9170 *ar, void *buf, unsigned int len)
{
        unsigned int tlen, wlen = 0, clen = 0;
        struct ar9170_stream *rx_stream;
        u8 *tbuf;

        tbuf = buf;
        tlen = len;

        while (tlen >= 4) {
                rx_stream = (void *) tbuf;
                clen = le16_to_cpu(rx_stream->length);
                wlen = ALIGN(clen, 4);

                /* check if this is stream has a valid tag.*/
                if (rx_stream->tag != cpu_to_le16(AR9170_RX_STREAM_TAG)) {
                        /*
                         * TODO: handle the highly unlikely event that the
                         * corrupted stream has the TAG at the right position.
                         */

                        /* check if the frame can be repaired. */
                        if (!ar->rx_failover_missing) {

                                /* this is not "short read". */
                                if (net_ratelimit()) {
                                        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy,
                                                "missing tag!\n");
                                }

                                __carl9170_rx(ar, tbuf, tlen);
                                return;
                        }

                        if (ar->rx_failover_missing > tlen) {
                                if (net_ratelimit()) {
                                        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy,
                                                "possible multi "
                                                "stream corruption!\n");
                                        goto err_telluser;
                                } else {
                                        goto err_silent;
                                }
                        }

                        memcpy(skb_put(ar->rx_failover, tlen), tbuf, tlen);
                        ar->rx_failover_missing -= tlen;

                        if (ar->rx_failover_missing <= 0) {
                                /*
                                 * nested carl9170_rx_stream call!
                                 *
                                 * termination is guaranteed, even when the
                                 * combined frame also have an element with
                                 * a bad tag.
                                 */

                                ar->rx_failover_missing = 0;
                                carl9170_rx_stream(ar, ar->rx_failover->data,
                                                   ar->rx_failover->len);

                                skb_reset_tail_pointer(ar->rx_failover);
                                skb_trim(ar->rx_failover, 0);
                        }

                        return;
                }

                /* check if stream is clipped */
                if (wlen > tlen - 4) {
                        if (ar->rx_failover_missing) {
                                /* TODO: handle double stream corruption. */
                                if (net_ratelimit()) {
                                        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "double rx "
                                                "stream corruption!\n");
                                        goto err_telluser;
                                } else {
                                        goto err_silent;
                                }
                        }

                        /*
                         * save incomplete data set.
                         * the firmware will resend the missing bits when
                         * the rx - descriptor comes round again.
                         */

                        memcpy(skb_put(ar->rx_failover, tlen), tbuf, tlen);
                        ar->rx_failover_missing = clen - tlen;
                        return;
                }
                __carl9170_rx(ar, rx_stream->payload, clen);

                tbuf += wlen + 4;
                tlen -= wlen + 4;
        }

        if (tlen) {
                if (net_ratelimit()) {
                        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "%d bytes of unprocessed "
                                "data left in rx stream!\n", tlen);
                }

                goto err_telluser;
        }

        return;

err_telluser:
        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "damaged RX stream data [want:%d, "
                "data:%d, rx:%d, pending:%d ]\n", clen, wlen, tlen,
                ar->rx_failover_missing);

        if (ar->rx_failover_missing)
                print_hex_dump_bytes("rxbuf:", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
                                     ar->rx_failover->data,
                                     ar->rx_failover->len);

        print_hex_dump_bytes("stream:", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
                             buf, len);

        wiphy_err(ar->hw->wiphy, "please check your hardware and cables, if "
                "you see this message frequently.\n");

err_silent:
        if (ar->rx_failover_missing) {
                skb_reset_tail_pointer(ar->rx_failover);
                skb_trim(ar->rx_failover, 0);
                ar->rx_failover_missing = 0;
        }
}

void carl9170_rx(struct ar9170 *ar, void *buf, unsigned int len)
{
        if (ar->fw.rx_stream)
                carl9170_rx_stream(ar, buf, len);
        else
                __carl9170_rx(ar, buf, len);
}