mac80211: Select lowest rate based on basic rate set in AP mode

If the basic rate set is configured to not include the lowest rate
(e.g., basic rate set = 6, 12, 24 Mbps in IEEE 802.11g mode), the AP
should not send out broadcast frames at 1 Mbps. This type of
configuration can be used to optimize channel usage in cases where
there is no need for backwards compatibility with IEEE 802.11b-only
devices.

In AP mode, mac80211 was unconditionally using the lowest rate for
Beacon frames and similarly, with all rate control algorithms that use
rate_control_send_low(), the lowest rate ended up being used for all
broadcast frames (and all unicast frames that are sent before
association). Change this to take into account the basic rate
configuration in AP mode, i.e., use the lowest rate in the basic rate
set instead of the lowest supported rate when selecting the rate.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c
index b9007f8..6349e7f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c
@@ -207,6 +207,27 @@ static bool rc_no_data_or_no_ack(struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
 	return ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) || !ieee80211_is_data(fc));
 }
 
+static void rc_send_low_broadcast(s8 *idx, u32 basic_rates, u8 max_rate_idx)
+{
+	u8 i;
+
+	if (basic_rates == 0)
+		return; /* assume basic rates unknown and accept rate */
+	if (*idx < 0)
+		return;
+	if (basic_rates & (1 << *idx))
+		return; /* selected rate is a basic rate */
+
+	for (i = *idx + 1; i <= max_rate_idx; i++) {
+		if (basic_rates & (1 << i)) {
+			*idx = i;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* could not find a basic rate; use original selection */
+}
+
 bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 			   void *priv_sta,
 			   struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
@@ -218,6 +239,10 @@ bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 		info->control.rates[0].count =
 			(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) ?
 			1 : txrc->hw->max_rate_tries;
+		if (!sta && txrc->ap)
+			rc_send_low_broadcast(&info->control.rates[0].idx,
+					      txrc->bss_conf->basic_rates,
+					      txrc->sband->n_bitrates);
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;