1 From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
2 Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 18:48:58 +0100
3 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: minstrel: do not sample rates 3 times slower than
6 These rates are highly unlikely to be used quickly, even if the link
7 deteriorates rapidly. This improves throughput in cases where CCK rates
8 are not reliable enough to be skipped entirely during sampling.
9 Sampling these rates regularly can cost a lot of airtime.
11 Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
14 --- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
15 +++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
16 @@ -1004,10 +1004,13 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel
20 - * Do not sample if the probability is already higher than 95%
21 - * to avoid wasting airtime.
22 + * Do not sample if the probability is already higher than 95%,
23 + * or if the rate is 3 times slower than the current max probability
24 + * rate, to avoid wasting airtime.
26 - if (mrs->prob_ewma > MINSTREL_FRAC(95, 100))
27 + sample_dur = minstrel_get_duration(sample_idx);
28 + if (mrs->prob_ewma > MINSTREL_FRAC(95, 100) ||
29 + minstrel_get_duration(mi->max_prob_rate) * 3 < sample_dur)
33 @@ -1017,7 +1020,6 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel
35 cur_max_tp_streams = minstrel_mcs_groups[tp_rate1 /
36 MCS_GROUP_RATES].streams;
37 - sample_dur = minstrel_get_duration(sample_idx);
38 if (sample_dur >= minstrel_get_duration(tp_rate2) &&
39 (cur_max_tp_streams - 1 <
40 minstrel_mcs_groups[sample_group].streams ||