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authorBjörn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@venatech.se>2010-10-10 22:14:25 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-10-11 15:04:24 -0400
commit15d46f38df87f89242e470f5797120fa384c1fc3 (patch)
tree94f88d22a0d43ed99cbc9289ea8ee89a15a71851 /net/mac80211
parent730bd83b036e72b0134352ca27e76ea08475fbf1 (diff)
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mac80211: minstrel_ht A-MPDU fix
This patch fixes two problems with the minstrel_ht rate control algorithms handling of A-MPDU frames: 1. The ampdu_len field of the tx status is not always initialized for non-HT frames (and it would probably be unreasonable to require all drivers to do so). This could cause rate control statistics to be corrupted. We now trust the ampdu_len and ampdu_ack_len fields only when the frame is marked with the IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU flag. 2. Successful transmission attempts where only recognized when the A-MPDU subframe carrying the rate control status information was marked with the IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK flag. If this information happed to be carried on a frame that failed to be ACKed then the other subframes (which may have succeeded) where not correctly registered. We now update rate control statistics regardless of whether the subframe carrying the information was ACKed or not. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Björn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@venatech.se> Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
index c5b4659..2a18d66 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -397,8 +397,9 @@ minstrel_ht_tx_status(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU))
return;
- if (!info->status.ampdu_len) {
- info->status.ampdu_ack_len = 1;
+ if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU)) {
+ info->status.ampdu_ack_len =
+ (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK ? 1 : 0);
info->status.ampdu_len = 1;
}
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ minstrel_ht_tx_status(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
group = minstrel_ht_get_group_idx(&ar[i]);
rate = &mi->groups[group].rates[ar[i].idx % 8];
- if (last && (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK))
+ if (last)
rate->success += info->status.ampdu_ack_len;
rate->attempts += ar[i].count * info->status.ampdu_len;
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