From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: johannes@sipsolutions.net
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] wifi: mac80211: factor out part of ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:19:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323101954.874299-1-nbd@nbd.name> (raw)
Create ieee80211_rate_expected_tx_airtime helper function, which returns
the expected tx airtime for a given rate and packet length in units of
1024 usec, for more accuracy.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---
net/mac80211/airtime.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 5 +++
2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/airtime.c b/net/mac80211/airtime.c
index c61df637232a..0c54cdbd753c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/airtime.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/airtime.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static int ieee80211_fill_rx_status(struct ieee80211_rx_status *stat,
if (ieee80211_fill_rate_info(hw, stat, band, ri))
return 0;
- if (!ieee80211_rate_valid(rate))
+ if (!rate || !ieee80211_rate_valid(rate))
return -1;
if (rate->flags & IEEE80211_TX_RC_160_MHZ_WIDTH)
@@ -753,6 +753,53 @@ u32 ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime);
+u32 ieee80211_rate_expected_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_tx_rate *tx_rate,
+ struct rate_info *ri,
+ enum nl80211_band band,
+ bool ampdu, int len)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_rx_status stat;
+ u32 duration, overhead;
+ u8 agg_shift;
+
+ if (ieee80211_fill_rx_status(&stat, hw, tx_rate, ri, band, len))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (stat.encoding == RX_ENC_LEGACY || !ampdu)
+ return ieee80211_calc_rx_airtime(hw, &stat, len) * 1024;
+
+ duration = ieee80211_get_rate_duration(hw, &stat, &overhead);
+
+ /*
+ * Assume that HT/VHT transmission on any AC except VO will
+ * use aggregation. Since we don't have reliable reporting
+ * of aggregation length, assume an average size based on the
+ * tx rate.
+ * This will not be very accurate, but much better than simply
+ * assuming un-aggregated tx in all cases.
+ */
+ if (duration > 400 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS2 1S */
+ agg_shift = 1;
+ else if (duration > 250 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS3 1S or MCS1 2S */
+ agg_shift = 2;
+ else if (duration > 150 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS5 1S or MCS2 2S */
+ agg_shift = 3;
+ else if (duration > 70 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS5 2S */
+ agg_shift = 4;
+ else if (stat.encoding != RX_ENC_HE ||
+ duration > 20 * 1024) /* <= HE40 MCS6 2S */
+ agg_shift = 5;
+ else
+ agg_shift = 6;
+
+ duration *= len;
+ duration /= AVG_PKT_SIZE;
+ duration += (overhead * 1024 >> agg_shift);
+
+ return duration;
+}
+
u32 ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
@@ -775,45 +822,13 @@ u32 ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
if (pubsta) {
struct sta_info *sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info,
sta);
- struct ieee80211_rx_status stat;
struct ieee80211_tx_rate *tx_rate = &sta->deflink.tx_stats.last_rate;
struct rate_info *ri = &sta->deflink.tx_stats.last_rate_info;
- u32 duration, overhead;
- u8 agg_shift;
+ u32 duration;
- if (ieee80211_fill_rx_status(&stat, hw, tx_rate, ri, band, len))
- return 0;
-
- if (stat.encoding == RX_ENC_LEGACY || !ampdu)
- return ieee80211_calc_rx_airtime(hw, &stat, len);
-
- duration = ieee80211_get_rate_duration(hw, &stat, &overhead);
- /*
- * Assume that HT/VHT transmission on any AC except VO will
- * use aggregation. Since we don't have reliable reporting
- * of aggregation length, assume an average size based on the
- * tx rate.
- * This will not be very accurate, but much better than simply
- * assuming un-aggregated tx in all cases.
- */
- if (duration > 400 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS2 1S */
- agg_shift = 1;
- else if (duration > 250 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS3 1S or MCS1 2S */
- agg_shift = 2;
- else if (duration > 150 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS5 1S or MCS2 2S */
- agg_shift = 3;
- else if (duration > 70 * 1024) /* <= VHT20 MCS5 2S */
- agg_shift = 4;
- else if (stat.encoding != RX_ENC_HE ||
- duration > 20 * 1024) /* <= HE40 MCS6 2S */
- agg_shift = 5;
- else
- agg_shift = 6;
-
- duration *= len;
- duration /= AVG_PKT_SIZE;
+ duration = ieee80211_rate_expected_tx_airtime(hw, tx_rate, ri,
+ band, true, len);
duration /= 1024;
- duration += (overhead >> agg_shift);
return max_t(u32, duration, 4);
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index d71e0c6d2165..b0dc93399e95 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -2834,6 +2834,11 @@ u8 *ieee80211_get_bssid(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, size_t len,
extern const struct ethtool_ops ieee80211_ethtool_ops;
+u32 ieee80211_rate_expected_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_tx_rate *tx_rate,
+ struct rate_info *ri,
+ enum nl80211_band band,
+ bool ampdu, int len);
u32 ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 10:19 Felix Fietkau [this message]
2026-03-23 10:19 ` [PATCH 2/4] wifi: mac80211: estimate expected throughput if not provided by driver/rc Felix Fietkau
2026-03-23 10:35 ` Johannes Berg
2026-03-23 10:19 ` [PATCH 3/4] wifi: mac80211: add AQL support for broadcast packets Felix Fietkau
2026-03-23 10:38 ` Johannes Berg
2026-03-23 10:19 ` [PATCH 4/4] wifi: mac80211: add ieee80211_txq_aql_pending() Felix Fietkau
2026-03-23 10:39 ` Johannes Berg
2026-03-23 10:43 ` Felix Fietkau
2026-03-23 10:55 ` Johannes Berg
2026-03-23 16:00 ` [PATCH 1/4] wifi: mac80211: factor out part of ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime Pablo MARTIN-GOMEZ
2026-03-25 3:58 ` Felix Fietkau
2026-03-25 11:21 ` Pablo MARTIN-GOMEZ
2026-03-25 11:41 ` Felix Fietkau
2026-03-25 13:05 ` Pablo MARTIN-GOMEZ
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