mac80211: add helper for management / no-ack frame rate decision

All current rate control algorithms agree to send management and no-ack
frames at the lowest rate. They also agree to do this when sta
and the private rate control data is NULL. We add a hlper to mac80211
for this and simplify the rate control algorithm code.

Developers wishing to make enhancements to rate control algorithms
are for broadcast/multicast can opt to not use this in their
gate_rate() mac80211 callback.

Cc: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Acked-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Cc: ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: Derek Smithies <derek@indranet.co.nz>
Cc: Chittajit Mitra <Chittajit.Mitra@Atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Luis R. Rodriguez 2009-07-16 10:05:41 -07:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 943ab70f6a
commit 4c6d4f5c33
7 changed files with 59 additions and 60 deletions

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@ -1518,23 +1518,11 @@ static void ath_tx_status(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
{
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = txrc->sband;
struct sk_buff *skb = txrc->skb;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
struct ath_softc *sc = priv;
struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv = priv_sta;
__le16 fc = hdr->frame_control;
/* lowest rate for management and NO_ACK frames */
if (!ieee80211_is_data(fc) ||
tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK || !sta) {
tx_info->control.rates[0].idx = rate_lowest_index(sband, sta);
tx_info->control.rates[0].count =
(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) ?
1 : ATH_MGT_TXMAXTRY;
if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
return;
}
/* Find tx rate for unicast frames */
ath_rc_ratefind(sc, ath_rc_priv, txrc);

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@ -673,7 +673,6 @@ static void rs_get_rate(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
s8 scale_action = 0;
unsigned long flags;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
__le16 fc;
u16 rate_mask = sta ? sta->supp_rates[sband->band] : 0;
s8 max_rate_idx = -1;
struct iwl_priv *priv = (struct iwl_priv *)priv_r;
@ -681,16 +680,10 @@ static void rs_get_rate(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
IWL_DEBUG_RATE(priv, "enter\n");
/* Send management frames and NO_ACK data using lowest rate. */
fc = hdr->frame_control;
if (!ieee80211_is_data(fc) || info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK ||
!sta || !priv_sta) {
IWL_DEBUG_RATE(priv, "leave: No STA priv data to update!\n");
info->control.rates[0].idx = rate_lowest_index(sband, sta);
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK)
info->control.rates[0].count = 1;
if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
return;
}
rate_mask = sta->supp_rates[sband->band];
/* get user max rate if set */
max_rate_idx = txrc->max_rate_idx;

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@ -2481,13 +2481,8 @@ static void rs_get_rate(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
}
/* Send management frames and NO_ACK data using lowest rate. */
if (!ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control) ||
info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK || !sta || !lq_sta) {
info->control.rates[0].idx = rate_lowest_index(sband, sta);
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK)
info->control.rates[0].count = 1;
if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
return;
}
rate_idx = lq_sta->last_txrate_idx;

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@ -2094,6 +2094,29 @@ static inline int rate_supported(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
return (sta == NULL || sta->supp_rates[band] & BIT(index));
}
/**
* rate_control_send_low - helper for drivers for management/no-ack frames
*
* Rate control algorithms that agree to use the lowest rate to
* send management frames and NO_ACK data with the respective hw
* retries should use this in the beginning of their mac80211 get_rate
* callback. If true is returned the rate control can simply return.
* If false is returned we guarantee that sta and sta and priv_sta is
* not null.
*
* Rate control algorithms wishing to do more intelligent selection of
* rate for multicast/broadcast frames may choose to not use this.
*
* @sta: &struct ieee80211_sta pointer to the target destination. Note
* that this may be null.
* @priv_sta: private rate control structure. This may be null.
* @txrc: rate control information we sholud populate for mac80211.
*/
bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
void *priv_sta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc);
static inline s8
rate_lowest_index(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
struct ieee80211_sta *sta)

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@ -198,6 +198,35 @@ static void rate_control_release(struct kref *kref)
kfree(ctrl_ref);
}
static bool rc_no_data_or_no_ack(struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
{
struct sk_buff *skb = txrc->skb;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
__le16 fc;
fc = hdr->frame_control;
return ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) || !ieee80211_is_data(fc));
}
bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
void *priv_sta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
{
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(txrc->skb);
if (!sta || !priv_sta || rc_no_data_or_no_ack(txrc)) {
info->control.rates[0].idx = rate_lowest_index(txrc->sband, sta);
info->control.rates[0].count =
(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) ?
1 : txrc->hw->max_rate_tries;
return true;
}
return false;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rate_control_send_low);
void rate_control_get_rate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct sta_info *sta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)

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@ -70,19 +70,6 @@ rix_to_ndx(struct minstrel_sta_info *mi, int rix)
return i;
}
static inline bool
use_low_rate(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
__le16 fc;
fc = hdr->frame_control;
return ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) || !ieee80211_is_data(fc));
}
static void
minstrel_update_stats(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_sta_info *mi)
{
@ -231,7 +218,6 @@ minstrel_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
void *priv_sta, struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
{
struct sk_buff *skb = txrc->skb;
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = txrc->sband;
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
struct minstrel_sta_info *mi = priv_sta;
struct minstrel_priv *mp = priv;
@ -244,14 +230,8 @@ minstrel_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
int mrr_ndx[3];
int sample_rate;
if (!sta || !mi || use_low_rate(skb)) {
ar[0].idx = rate_lowest_index(sband, sta);
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK)
ar[0].count = 1;
else
ar[0].count = mp->max_retry;
if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
return;
}
mrr = mp->has_mrr && !txrc->rts && !txrc->bss_conf->use_cts_prot;

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@ -276,11 +276,9 @@ rate_control_pid_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
{
struct sk_buff *skb = txrc->skb;
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = txrc->sband;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
struct rc_pid_sta_info *spinfo = priv_sta;
int rateidx;
__le16 fc;
if (txrc->rts)
info->control.rates[0].count =
@ -290,15 +288,8 @@ rate_control_pid_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
txrc->hw->conf.short_frame_max_tx_count;
/* Send management frames and NO_ACK data using lowest rate. */
fc = hdr->frame_control;
if (!sta || !spinfo || !ieee80211_is_data(fc) ||
info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) {
info->control.rates[0].idx = rate_lowest_index(sband, sta);
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK)
info->control.rates[0].count = 1;
if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
return;
}
rateidx = spinfo->txrate_idx;