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[kvmfornfv.git] / kernel / drivers / net / wireless / mwifiex / util.c
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+/*
+ * Marvell Wireless LAN device driver: utility functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2014, Marvell International Ltd.
+ *
+ * This software file (the "File") is distributed by Marvell International
+ * Ltd. under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2, June 1991
+ * (the "License").  You may use, redistribute and/or modify this File in
+ * accordance with the terms and conditions of the License, a copy of which
+ * is available by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or on the
+ * worldwide web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt.
+ *
+ * THE FILE IS DISTRIBUTED AS-IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.  The License provides additional details about
+ * this warranty disclaimer.
+ */
+
+#include "decl.h"
+#include "ioctl.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "fw.h"
+#include "main.h"
+#include "wmm.h"
+#include "11n.h"
+
+static struct mwifiex_debug_data items[] = {
+       {"int_counter", item_size(int_counter),
+        item_addr(int_counter), 1},
+       {"wmm_ac_vo", item_size(packets_out[WMM_AC_VO]),
+        item_addr(packets_out[WMM_AC_VO]), 1},
+       {"wmm_ac_vi", item_size(packets_out[WMM_AC_VI]),
+        item_addr(packets_out[WMM_AC_VI]), 1},
+       {"wmm_ac_be", item_size(packets_out[WMM_AC_BE]),
+        item_addr(packets_out[WMM_AC_BE]), 1},
+       {"wmm_ac_bk", item_size(packets_out[WMM_AC_BK]),
+        item_addr(packets_out[WMM_AC_BK]), 1},
+       {"tx_buf_size", item_size(tx_buf_size),
+        item_addr(tx_buf_size), 1},
+       {"curr_tx_buf_size", item_size(curr_tx_buf_size),
+        item_addr(curr_tx_buf_size), 1},
+       {"ps_mode", item_size(ps_mode),
+        item_addr(ps_mode), 1},
+       {"ps_state", item_size(ps_state),
+        item_addr(ps_state), 1},
+       {"is_deep_sleep", item_size(is_deep_sleep),
+        item_addr(is_deep_sleep), 1},
+       {"wakeup_dev_req", item_size(pm_wakeup_card_req),
+        item_addr(pm_wakeup_card_req), 1},
+       {"wakeup_tries", item_size(pm_wakeup_fw_try),
+        item_addr(pm_wakeup_fw_try), 1},
+       {"hs_configured", item_size(is_hs_configured),
+        item_addr(is_hs_configured), 1},
+       {"hs_activated", item_size(hs_activated),
+        item_addr(hs_activated), 1},
+       {"num_tx_timeout", item_size(num_tx_timeout),
+        item_addr(num_tx_timeout), 1},
+       {"is_cmd_timedout", item_size(is_cmd_timedout),
+        item_addr(is_cmd_timedout), 1},
+       {"timeout_cmd_id", item_size(timeout_cmd_id),
+        item_addr(timeout_cmd_id), 1},
+       {"timeout_cmd_act", item_size(timeout_cmd_act),
+        item_addr(timeout_cmd_act), 1},
+       {"last_cmd_id", item_size(last_cmd_id),
+        item_addr(last_cmd_id), DBG_CMD_NUM},
+       {"last_cmd_act", item_size(last_cmd_act),
+        item_addr(last_cmd_act), DBG_CMD_NUM},
+       {"last_cmd_index", item_size(last_cmd_index),
+        item_addr(last_cmd_index), 1},
+       {"last_cmd_resp_id", item_size(last_cmd_resp_id),
+        item_addr(last_cmd_resp_id), DBG_CMD_NUM},
+       {"last_cmd_resp_index", item_size(last_cmd_resp_index),
+        item_addr(last_cmd_resp_index), 1},
+       {"last_event", item_size(last_event),
+        item_addr(last_event), DBG_CMD_NUM},
+       {"last_event_index", item_size(last_event_index),
+        item_addr(last_event_index), 1},
+       {"num_cmd_h2c_fail", item_size(num_cmd_host_to_card_failure),
+        item_addr(num_cmd_host_to_card_failure), 1},
+       {"num_cmd_sleep_cfm_fail",
+        item_size(num_cmd_sleep_cfm_host_to_card_failure),
+        item_addr(num_cmd_sleep_cfm_host_to_card_failure), 1},
+       {"num_tx_h2c_fail", item_size(num_tx_host_to_card_failure),
+        item_addr(num_tx_host_to_card_failure), 1},
+       {"num_evt_deauth", item_size(num_event_deauth),
+        item_addr(num_event_deauth), 1},
+       {"num_evt_disassoc", item_size(num_event_disassoc),
+        item_addr(num_event_disassoc), 1},
+       {"num_evt_link_lost", item_size(num_event_link_lost),
+        item_addr(num_event_link_lost), 1},
+       {"num_cmd_deauth", item_size(num_cmd_deauth),
+        item_addr(num_cmd_deauth), 1},
+       {"num_cmd_assoc_ok", item_size(num_cmd_assoc_success),
+        item_addr(num_cmd_assoc_success), 1},
+       {"num_cmd_assoc_fail", item_size(num_cmd_assoc_failure),
+        item_addr(num_cmd_assoc_failure), 1},
+       {"cmd_sent", item_size(cmd_sent),
+        item_addr(cmd_sent), 1},
+       {"data_sent", item_size(data_sent),
+        item_addr(data_sent), 1},
+       {"cmd_resp_received", item_size(cmd_resp_received),
+        item_addr(cmd_resp_received), 1},
+       {"event_received", item_size(event_received),
+        item_addr(event_received), 1},
+
+       /* variables defined in struct mwifiex_adapter */
+       {"cmd_pending", adapter_item_size(cmd_pending),
+        adapter_item_addr(cmd_pending), 1},
+       {"tx_pending", adapter_item_size(tx_pending),
+        adapter_item_addr(tx_pending), 1},
+       {"rx_pending", adapter_item_size(rx_pending),
+        adapter_item_addr(rx_pending), 1},
+};
+
+static int num_of_items = ARRAY_SIZE(items);
+
+/*
+ * Firmware initialization complete callback handler.
+ *
+ * This function wakes up the function waiting on the init
+ * wait queue for the firmware initialization to complete.
+ */
+int mwifiex_init_fw_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
+{
+
+       adapter->init_wait_q_woken = true;
+       wake_up_interruptible(&adapter->init_wait_q);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Firmware shutdown complete callback handler.
+ *
+ * This function sets the hardware status to not ready and wakes up
+ * the function waiting on the init wait queue for the firmware
+ * shutdown to complete.
+ */
+int mwifiex_shutdown_fw_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
+{
+       adapter->hw_status = MWIFIEX_HW_STATUS_NOT_READY;
+       adapter->init_wait_q_woken = true;
+       wake_up_interruptible(&adapter->init_wait_q);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function sends init/shutdown command
+ * to firmware.
+ */
+int mwifiex_init_shutdown_fw(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
+                            u32 func_init_shutdown)
+{
+       u16 cmd;
+
+       if (func_init_shutdown == MWIFIEX_FUNC_INIT) {
+               cmd = HostCmd_CMD_FUNC_INIT;
+       } else if (func_init_shutdown == MWIFIEX_FUNC_SHUTDOWN) {
+               cmd = HostCmd_CMD_FUNC_SHUTDOWN;
+       } else {
+               dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, "unsupported parameter\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       return mwifiex_send_cmd(priv, cmd, HostCmd_ACT_GEN_SET, 0, NULL, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mwifiex_init_shutdown_fw);
+
+/*
+ * IOCTL request handler to set/get debug information.
+ *
+ * This function collates/sets the information from/to different driver
+ * structures.
+ */
+int mwifiex_get_debug_info(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
+                          struct mwifiex_debug_info *info)
+{
+       struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter = priv->adapter;
+
+       if (info) {
+               memcpy(info->packets_out,
+                      priv->wmm.packets_out,
+                      sizeof(priv->wmm.packets_out));
+               info->curr_tx_buf_size = (u32) adapter->curr_tx_buf_size;
+               info->tx_buf_size = (u32) adapter->tx_buf_size;
+               info->rx_tbl_num = mwifiex_get_rx_reorder_tbl(priv,
+                                                             info->rx_tbl);
+               info->tx_tbl_num = mwifiex_get_tx_ba_stream_tbl(priv,
+                                                               info->tx_tbl);
+               info->tdls_peer_num = mwifiex_get_tdls_list(priv,
+                                                           info->tdls_list);
+               info->ps_mode = adapter->ps_mode;
+               info->ps_state = adapter->ps_state;
+               info->is_deep_sleep = adapter->is_deep_sleep;
+               info->pm_wakeup_card_req = adapter->pm_wakeup_card_req;
+               info->pm_wakeup_fw_try = adapter->pm_wakeup_fw_try;
+               info->is_hs_configured = adapter->is_hs_configured;
+               info->hs_activated = adapter->hs_activated;
+               info->is_cmd_timedout = adapter->is_cmd_timedout;
+               info->num_cmd_host_to_card_failure
+                               = adapter->dbg.num_cmd_host_to_card_failure;
+               info->num_cmd_sleep_cfm_host_to_card_failure
+                       = adapter->dbg.num_cmd_sleep_cfm_host_to_card_failure;
+               info->num_tx_host_to_card_failure
+                               = adapter->dbg.num_tx_host_to_card_failure;
+               info->num_event_deauth = adapter->dbg.num_event_deauth;
+               info->num_event_disassoc = adapter->dbg.num_event_disassoc;
+               info->num_event_link_lost = adapter->dbg.num_event_link_lost;
+               info->num_cmd_deauth = adapter->dbg.num_cmd_deauth;
+               info->num_cmd_assoc_success =
+                                       adapter->dbg.num_cmd_assoc_success;
+               info->num_cmd_assoc_failure =
+                                       adapter->dbg.num_cmd_assoc_failure;
+               info->num_tx_timeout = adapter->dbg.num_tx_timeout;
+               info->timeout_cmd_id = adapter->dbg.timeout_cmd_id;
+               info->timeout_cmd_act = adapter->dbg.timeout_cmd_act;
+               memcpy(info->last_cmd_id, adapter->dbg.last_cmd_id,
+                      sizeof(adapter->dbg.last_cmd_id));
+               memcpy(info->last_cmd_act, adapter->dbg.last_cmd_act,
+                      sizeof(adapter->dbg.last_cmd_act));
+               info->last_cmd_index = adapter->dbg.last_cmd_index;
+               memcpy(info->last_cmd_resp_id, adapter->dbg.last_cmd_resp_id,
+                      sizeof(adapter->dbg.last_cmd_resp_id));
+               info->last_cmd_resp_index = adapter->dbg.last_cmd_resp_index;
+               memcpy(info->last_event, adapter->dbg.last_event,
+                      sizeof(adapter->dbg.last_event));
+               info->last_event_index = adapter->dbg.last_event_index;
+               info->data_sent = adapter->data_sent;
+               info->cmd_sent = adapter->cmd_sent;
+               info->cmd_resp_received = adapter->cmd_resp_received;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+int mwifiex_debug_info_to_buffer(struct mwifiex_private *priv, char *buf,
+                                struct mwifiex_debug_info *info)
+{
+       char *p = buf;
+       struct mwifiex_debug_data *d = &items[0];
+       size_t size, addr;
+       long val;
+       int i, j;
+
+       if (!info)
+               return 0;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num_of_items; i++) {
+               p += sprintf(p, "%s=", d[i].name);
+
+               size = d[i].size / d[i].num;
+
+               if (i < (num_of_items - 3))
+                       addr = d[i].addr + (size_t)info;
+               else /* The last 3 items are struct mwifiex_adapter variables */
+                       addr = d[i].addr + (size_t)priv->adapter;
+
+               for (j = 0; j < d[i].num; j++) {
+                       switch (size) {
+                       case 1:
+                               val = *((u8 *)addr);
+                               break;
+                       case 2:
+                               val = *((u16 *)addr);
+                               break;
+                       case 4:
+                               val = *((u32 *)addr);
+                               break;
+                       case 8:
+                               val = *((long long *)addr);
+                               break;
+                       default:
+                               val = -1;
+                               break;
+                       }
+
+                       p += sprintf(p, "%#lx ", val);
+                       addr += size;
+               }
+
+               p += sprintf(p, "\n");
+       }
+
+       if (info->tx_tbl_num) {
+               p += sprintf(p, "Tx BA stream table:\n");
+               for (i = 0; i < info->tx_tbl_num; i++)
+                       p += sprintf(p, "tid = %d, ra = %pM\n",
+                                    info->tx_tbl[i].tid, info->tx_tbl[i].ra);
+       }
+
+       if (info->rx_tbl_num) {
+               p += sprintf(p, "Rx reorder table:\n");
+               for (i = 0; i < info->rx_tbl_num; i++) {
+                       p += sprintf(p, "tid = %d, ta = %pM, ",
+                                    info->rx_tbl[i].tid,
+                                    info->rx_tbl[i].ta);
+                       p += sprintf(p, "start_win = %d, ",
+                                    info->rx_tbl[i].start_win);
+                       p += sprintf(p, "win_size = %d, buffer: ",
+                                    info->rx_tbl[i].win_size);
+
+                       for (j = 0; j < info->rx_tbl[i].win_size; j++)
+                               p += sprintf(p, "%c ",
+                                            info->rx_tbl[i].buffer[j] ?
+                                            '1' : '0');
+
+                       p += sprintf(p, "\n");
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (info->tdls_peer_num) {
+               p += sprintf(p, "TDLS peer table:\n");
+               for (i = 0; i < info->tdls_peer_num; i++) {
+                       p += sprintf(p, "peer = %pM",
+                                    info->tdls_list[i].peer_addr);
+                       p += sprintf(p, "\n");
+               }
+       }
+
+       return p - buf;
+}
+
+static int
+mwifiex_parse_mgmt_packet(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *payload, u16 len,
+                         struct rxpd *rx_pd)
+{
+       u16 stype;
+       u8 category, action_code;
+       struct ieee80211_hdr *ieee_hdr = (void *)payload;
+
+       stype = (le16_to_cpu(ieee_hdr->frame_control) & IEEE80211_FCTL_STYPE);
+
+       switch (stype) {
+       case IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION:
+               category = *(payload + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr));
+               action_code = *(payload + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr) + 1);
+               if (category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC &&
+                   action_code == WLAN_PUB_ACTION_TDLS_DISCOVER_RES) {
+                       dev_dbg(priv->adapter->dev,
+                               "TDLS discovery response %pM nf=%d, snr=%d\n",
+                               ieee_hdr->addr2, rx_pd->nf, rx_pd->snr);
+                       mwifiex_auto_tdls_update_peer_signal(priv,
+                                                            ieee_hdr->addr2,
+                                                            rx_pd->snr,
+                                                            rx_pd->nf);
+               }
+               break;
+       default:
+               dev_dbg(priv->adapter->dev,
+                       "unknown mgmt frame subytpe %#x\n", stype);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+/*
+ * This function processes the received management packet and send it
+ * to the kernel.
+ */
+int
+mwifiex_process_mgmt_packet(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
+                           struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       struct rxpd *rx_pd;
+       u16 pkt_len;
+       struct ieee80211_hdr *ieee_hdr;
+
+       if (!skb)
+               return -1;
+
+       if (!priv->mgmt_frame_mask ||
+           priv->wdev.iftype == NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED) {
+               dev_dbg(priv->adapter->dev,
+                       "do not receive mgmt frames on uninitialized intf");
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       rx_pd = (struct rxpd *)skb->data;
+
+       skb_pull(skb, le16_to_cpu(rx_pd->rx_pkt_offset));
+       skb_pull(skb, sizeof(pkt_len));
+
+       pkt_len = le16_to_cpu(rx_pd->rx_pkt_length);
+
+       ieee_hdr = (void *)skb->data;
+       if (ieee80211_is_mgmt(ieee_hdr->frame_control)) {
+               mwifiex_parse_mgmt_packet(priv, (u8 *)ieee_hdr,
+                                         pkt_len, rx_pd);
+       }
+       /* Remove address4 */
+       memmove(skb->data + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr),
+               skb->data + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr),
+               pkt_len - sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr));
+
+       pkt_len -= ETH_ALEN + sizeof(pkt_len);
+       rx_pd->rx_pkt_length = cpu_to_le16(pkt_len);
+
+       cfg80211_rx_mgmt(&priv->wdev, priv->roc_cfg.chan.center_freq,
+                        CAL_RSSI(rx_pd->snr, rx_pd->nf), skb->data, pkt_len,
+                        0);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function processes the received packet before sending it to the
+ * kernel.
+ *
+ * It extracts the SKB from the received buffer and sends it to kernel.
+ * In case the received buffer does not contain the data in SKB format,
+ * the function creates a blank SKB, fills it with the data from the
+ * received buffer and then sends this new SKB to the kernel.
+ */
+int mwifiex_recv_packet(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       if (!skb)
+               return -1;
+
+       priv->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+       priv->stats.rx_packets++;
+
+       skb->dev = priv->netdev;
+       skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, priv->netdev);
+       skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
+
+       /* This is required only in case of 11n and USB/PCIE as we alloc
+        * a buffer of 4K only if its 11N (to be able to receive 4K
+        * AMSDU packets). In case of SD we allocate buffers based
+        * on the size of packet and hence this is not needed.
+        *
+        * Modifying the truesize here as our allocation for each
+        * skb is 4K but we only receive 2K packets and this cause
+        * the kernel to start dropping packets in case where
+        * application has allocated buffer based on 2K size i.e.
+        * if there a 64K packet received (in IP fragments and
+        * application allocates 64K to receive this packet but
+        * this packet would almost double up because we allocate
+        * each 1.5K fragment in 4K and pass it up. As soon as the
+        * 64K limit hits kernel will start to drop rest of the
+        * fragments. Currently we fail the Filesndl-ht.scr script
+        * for UDP, hence this fix
+        */
+       if ((priv->adapter->iface_type == MWIFIEX_USB ||
+            priv->adapter->iface_type == MWIFIEX_PCIE) &&
+           (skb->truesize > MWIFIEX_RX_DATA_BUF_SIZE))
+               skb->truesize += (skb->len - MWIFIEX_RX_DATA_BUF_SIZE);
+
+       if (in_interrupt())
+               netif_rx(skb);
+       else
+               netif_rx_ni(skb);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * IOCTL completion callback handler.
+ *
+ * This function is called when a pending IOCTL is completed.
+ *
+ * If work queue support is enabled, the function wakes up the
+ * corresponding waiting function. Otherwise, it processes the
+ * IOCTL response and frees the response buffer.
+ */
+int mwifiex_complete_cmd(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
+                        struct cmd_ctrl_node *cmd_node)
+{
+       dev_dbg(adapter->dev, "cmd completed: status=%d\n",
+               adapter->cmd_wait_q.status);
+
+       *(cmd_node->condition) = true;
+
+       if (adapter->cmd_wait_q.status == -ETIMEDOUT)
+               dev_err(adapter->dev, "cmd timeout\n");
+       else
+               wake_up_interruptible(&adapter->cmd_wait_q.wait);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* This function will return the pointer to station entry in station list
+ * table which matches specified mac address.
+ * This function should be called after acquiring RA list spinlock.
+ * NULL is returned if station entry is not found in associated STA list.
+ */
+struct mwifiex_sta_node *
+mwifiex_get_sta_entry(struct mwifiex_private *priv, const u8 *mac)
+{
+       struct mwifiex_sta_node *node;
+
+       if (!mac)
+               return NULL;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(node, &priv->sta_list, list) {
+               if (!memcmp(node->mac_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN))
+                       return node;
+       }
+
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+/* This function will add a sta_node entry to associated station list
+ * table with the given mac address.
+ * If entry exist already, existing entry is returned.
+ * If received mac address is NULL, NULL is returned.
+ */
+struct mwifiex_sta_node *
+mwifiex_add_sta_entry(struct mwifiex_private *priv, const u8 *mac)
+{
+       struct mwifiex_sta_node *node;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       if (!mac)
+               return NULL;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sta_list_spinlock, flags);
+       node = mwifiex_get_sta_entry(priv, mac);
+       if (node)
+               goto done;
+
+       node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!node)
+               goto done;
+
+       memcpy(node->mac_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+       list_add_tail(&node->list, &priv->sta_list);
+
+done:
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->sta_list_spinlock, flags);
+       return node;
+}
+
+/* This function will search for HT IE in association request IEs
+ * and set station HT parameters accordingly.
+ */
+void
+mwifiex_set_sta_ht_cap(struct mwifiex_private *priv, const u8 *ies,
+                      int ies_len, struct mwifiex_sta_node *node)
+{
+       const struct ieee80211_ht_cap *ht_cap;
+
+       if (!ies)
+               return;
+
+       ht_cap = (void *)cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY, ies, ies_len);
+       if (ht_cap) {
+               node->is_11n_enabled = 1;
+               node->max_amsdu = le16_to_cpu(ht_cap->cap_info) &
+                                 IEEE80211_HT_CAP_MAX_AMSDU ?
+                                 MWIFIEX_TX_DATA_BUF_SIZE_8K :
+                                 MWIFIEX_TX_DATA_BUF_SIZE_4K;
+       } else {
+               node->is_11n_enabled = 0;
+       }
+
+       return;
+}
+
+/* This function will delete a station entry from station list */
+void mwifiex_del_sta_entry(struct mwifiex_private *priv, const u8 *mac)
+{
+       struct mwifiex_sta_node *node;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sta_list_spinlock, flags);
+
+       node = mwifiex_get_sta_entry(priv, mac);
+       if (node) {
+               list_del(&node->list);
+               kfree(node);
+       }
+
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->sta_list_spinlock, flags);
+       return;
+}
+
+/* This function will delete all stations from associated station list. */
+void mwifiex_del_all_sta_list(struct mwifiex_private *priv)
+{
+       struct mwifiex_sta_node *node, *tmp;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sta_list_spinlock, flags);
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(node, tmp, &priv->sta_list, list) {
+               list_del(&node->list);
+               kfree(node);
+       }
+
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->sta_list);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->sta_list_spinlock, flags);
+       return;
+}
+
+/* This function adds histogram data to histogram array*/
+void mwifiex_hist_data_add(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
+                          u8 rx_rate, s8 snr, s8 nflr)
+{
+       struct mwifiex_histogram_data *phist_data = priv->hist_data;
+
+       if (atomic_read(&phist_data->num_samples) > MWIFIEX_HIST_MAX_SAMPLES)
+               mwifiex_hist_data_reset(priv);
+       mwifiex_hist_data_set(priv, rx_rate, snr, nflr);
+}
+
+/* function to add histogram record */
+void mwifiex_hist_data_set(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 rx_rate, s8 snr,
+                          s8 nflr)
+{
+       struct mwifiex_histogram_data *phist_data = priv->hist_data;
+
+       atomic_inc(&phist_data->num_samples);
+       atomic_inc(&phist_data->rx_rate[rx_rate]);
+       atomic_inc(&phist_data->snr[snr]);
+       atomic_inc(&phist_data->noise_flr[128 + nflr]);
+       atomic_inc(&phist_data->sig_str[nflr - snr]);
+}
+
+/* function to reset histogram data during init/reset */
+void mwifiex_hist_data_reset(struct mwifiex_private *priv)
+{
+       int ix;
+       struct mwifiex_histogram_data *phist_data = priv->hist_data;
+
+       atomic_set(&phist_data->num_samples, 0);
+       for (ix = 0; ix < MWIFIEX_MAX_AC_RX_RATES; ix++)
+               atomic_set(&phist_data->rx_rate[ix], 0);
+       for (ix = 0; ix < MWIFIEX_MAX_SNR; ix++)
+               atomic_set(&phist_data->snr[ix], 0);
+       for (ix = 0; ix < MWIFIEX_MAX_NOISE_FLR; ix++)
+               atomic_set(&phist_data->noise_flr[ix], 0);
+       for (ix = 0; ix < MWIFIEX_MAX_SIG_STRENGTH; ix++)
+               atomic_set(&phist_data->sig_str[ix], 0);
+}
+
+void *mwifiex_alloc_dma_align_buf(int rx_len, gfp_t flags)
+{
+       struct sk_buff *skb;
+       int buf_len, pad;
+
+       buf_len = rx_len + MWIFIEX_RX_HEADROOM + MWIFIEX_DMA_ALIGN_SZ;
+
+       skb = __dev_alloc_skb(buf_len, flags);
+
+       if (!skb)
+               return NULL;
+
+       skb_reserve(skb, MWIFIEX_RX_HEADROOM);
+
+       pad = MWIFIEX_ALIGN_ADDR(skb->data, MWIFIEX_DMA_ALIGN_SZ) -
+             (long)skb->data;
+
+       skb_reserve(skb, pad);
+
+       return skb;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mwifiex_alloc_dma_align_buf);