[PATCH v3] mac80211: mesh: Add support for HW RC implementation

From: Maxim Altshul
Date: Mon Jul 11 2016 - 10:13:34 EST


Mesh HWMP module will be able to rely on the HW
RC algorithm if it exists, for path metric calculations.

This allows the metric calculation mechanism to calculate
a correct metric, based on PER and last TX rate both via
HW RC algorithm if it exists or via parameters collected
by the SW.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Altshul <maxim.altshul@xxxxxx>
---
1. Added DIV_ROUND_UP to protect from rate < 100Kbps
2. Removed redudant initialization

net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index c6be0b4..befb1e7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -326,22 +326,33 @@ static u32 airtime_link_metric_get(struct ieee80211_local *local,
u32 tx_time, estimated_retx;
u64 result;

- if (sta->mesh->fail_avg >= 100)
- return MAX_METRIC;
+ /* Try to get rate based on HW/SW RC algorithm.
+ * Rate is returned in units of Kbps, correct this
+ * to comply with airtime calculation units
+ * Round up in case we get rate < 100Kbps
+ */
+ rate = DIV_ROUND_UP(sta_get_expected_throughput(sta), 100);
+
+ if (rate) {
+ err = 0;
+ } else {
+ if (sta->mesh->fail_avg >= 100)
+ return MAX_METRIC;

- sta_set_rate_info_tx(sta, &sta->tx_stats.last_rate, &rinfo);
- rate = cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(&rinfo);
- if (WARN_ON(!rate))
- return MAX_METRIC;
+ sta_set_rate_info_tx(sta, &sta->tx_stats.last_rate, &rinfo);
+ rate = cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(&rinfo);
+ if (WARN_ON(!rate))
+ return MAX_METRIC;

- err = (sta->mesh->fail_avg << ARITH_SHIFT) / 100;
+ err = (sta->mesh->fail_avg << ARITH_SHIFT) / 100;
+ }

/* bitrate is in units of 100 Kbps, while we need rate in units of
* 1Mbps. This will be corrected on tx_time computation.
*/
tx_time = (device_constant + 10 * test_frame_len / rate);
estimated_retx = ((1 << (2 * ARITH_SHIFT)) / (s_unit - err));
- result = (tx_time * estimated_retx) >> (2 * ARITH_SHIFT) ;
+ result = (tx_time * estimated_retx) >> (2 * ARITH_SHIFT);
return (u32)result;
}

diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 63ea6cb..fa2c507 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -2069,14 +2069,29 @@ void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_TDLS_PEER))
sinfo->sta_flags.set |= BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER);

+ thr = sta_get_expected_throughput(sta);
+
+ if (thr != 0) {
+ sinfo->filled |= BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_EXPECTED_THROUGHPUT);
+ sinfo->expected_throughput = thr;
+ }
+}
+
+u32 sta_get_expected_throughput(struct sta_info *sta)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
+ struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
+ struct rate_control_ref *ref = NULL;
+ u32 thr = 0;
+
+ if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_RATE_CONTROL))
+ ref = local->rate_ctrl;
+
/* check if the driver has a SW RC implementation */
if (ref && ref->ops->get_expected_throughput)
thr = ref->ops->get_expected_throughput(sta->rate_ctrl_priv);
else
thr = drv_get_expected_throughput(local, &sta->sta);

- if (thr != 0) {
- sinfo->filled |= BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_EXPECTED_THROUGHPUT);
- sinfo->expected_throughput = thr;
- }
+ return thr;
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 2cafb21..5c9c8be 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ void sta_set_rate_info_tx(struct sta_info *sta,
struct rate_info *rinfo);
void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo);

+u32 sta_get_expected_throughput(struct sta_info *sta);
+
void ieee80211_sta_expire(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
unsigned long exp_time);
u8 sta_info_tx_streams(struct sta_info *sta);
--
2.9.0