From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
To: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: optimize tx status processing
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B990C18.5050807@openwrt.org> (raw)
When a cooked monitor interface is active, ieee80211_tx_status()
generates a radiotap header for every single frame, even if it wasn't
injected and thus won't be sent to a monitor interface.
This patch reduces cpu utilization by moving the cooked monitor check a
bit earlier, before it generates the rtap header.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
---
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021
struct net_device *prev_dev = NULL;
struct sta_info *sta, *tmp;
int retry_count = -1, i;
- bool injected;
+ bool send_to_cooked;
for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) {
/* the HW cannot have attempted that rate */
@@ -296,11 +296,15 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021
/* this was a transmitted frame, but now we want to reuse it */
skb_orphan(skb);
+ /* Need to make a copy before skb->cb gets cleared */
+ send_to_cooked = !!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) ||
+ (type != IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA);
+
/*
* This is a bit racy but we can avoid a lot of work
* with this test...
*/
- if (!local->monitors && !local->cooked_mntrs) {
+ if (!local->monitors && (!send_to_cooked || !local->cooked_mntrs)) {
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
return;
}
@@ -345,9 +349,6 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021
/* for now report the total retry_count */
rthdr->data_retries = retry_count;
- /* Need to make a copy before skb->cb gets cleared */
- injected = !!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED);
-
/* XXX: is this sufficient for BPF? */
skb_set_mac_header(skb, 0);
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
@@ -362,8 +363,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021
continue;
if ((sdata->u.mntr_flags & MONITOR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES) &&
- !injected &&
- (type == IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA))
+ !send_to_cooked)
continue;
if (prev_dev) {
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