[PATCH 6/8] mac80211: minstrel_ht: improve sample rate selection

Felix Fietkau
2020-12-29T16:02:44Z

Always allow sampling of rates faster than the primary max throughput rate.
When the second max_tp_rate is higher than the first one, sample attempts were
previously skipped, potentially causing rate control to get stuck at a slightly
lower rate

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---
net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
index 950e6d2b4525..dcc4394a872a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -1379,13 +1379,13 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi)
mrs = &mg->rates[sample_idx];
sample_idx += sample_group * MCS_GROUP_RATES;

- /* Set tp_rate1, tp_rate2 to the highest / second highest max_tp_rate */
+ tp_rate1 = mi->max_tp_rate[0];
+
+ /* Set tp_rate2 to the second highest max_tp_rate */
if (minstrel_get_duration(mi->max_tp_rate[0]) >
minstrel_get_duration(mi->max_tp_rate[1])) {
- tp_rate1 = mi->max_tp_rate[1];
tp_rate2 = mi->max_tp_rate[0];
} else {
- tp_rate1 = mi->max_tp_rate[0];
tp_rate2 = mi->max_tp_rate[1];
}

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