net80211: add IEEE80211_IS_QOS_NULL()
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Authored by adrian on Sun, Nov 17, 6:09 AM.

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rG1375790a15b1: net80211: add IEEE80211_IS_QOS_NULL()

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This will be useful when fixing up the sequence number generation
and checks, as the rules around how sequence numbers are generated
have been clarified in 802.11-2016 and later. QoS-NULL frames are
explicitly marked as "any sequence number".

But for now, just create a macro and use it in the one place
it's currently being used as a check - ath(4).

Add IEEE80211_IS_QOS_NULL()
Change the "will this frame go into the TX block-ack window" check in the ath(4) transmit path.

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ath(4), AR9380, STA mode w/ AMPDU TX/RX enabled and negotiated

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The commit message sounds like this is a NFC but IEEE80211_FC0_VERSION_MASK and `IEEE80211_FC0_TYPE_MASK are now being checked where they were not before? I think this should be clarified in the commit message.

In D47645#1086332, @emaste wrote:

The commit message sounds like this is a NFC but IEEE80211_FC0_VERSION_MASK and `IEEE80211_FC0_TYPE_MASK are now being checked where they were not before? I think this should be clarified in the commit message.

good call, lemme go edit that.

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bz added inline comments.

sys/dev/ath/if_ath_tx.c
2993	Can we move this into the DPRINTF at the end and remove the local variable "subtype" entirely? If I am not wrong we are not adjusting tha part of wh so should be possible?
sys/net80211/ieee80211.h
278	Funny enough I missed this. It does not actually return anything given it's not a function. "Evaluate to true". You also don't really need those comments given the macros are IS QOS_NULL is more or less self-explanatory. Could at least condense them to a single line comment. But you could also just ignore me on this one ;-)

adrian added inline comments.Sun, Nov 17, 9:53 PM

sys/dev/ath/if_ath_tx.c
2993	Yeah, lemme look at how else I can clean this up. I think we'd also benefit from a couple of macros to fetch the type and subtype, and also set the type and subtype. What do you think?
sys/net80211/ieee80211.h
278	ah good call on condensing to one line. And yeah, "returns true" is a stretch, I know. :-) Lemme go clean that up.