[PATCH v1 2/2] mac80211: minstrel_ht: fill all requested rates

From: Peter Seiderer
Date: Sat Apr 02 2022 - 11:30:33 EST


Fill all requested rates (in case of ath9k 4 rate slots are
available, so fill all 4 instead of only 3), improves throughput in
noisy environment.

Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@xxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
index 9c6ace858107..cd6a0f153688 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -1436,17 +1436,17 @@ minstrel_ht_update_rates(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi)
/* Start with max_tp_rate[0] */
minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i++, mi->max_tp_rate[0]);

- if (mp->hw->max_rates >= 3) {
- /* At least 3 tx rates supported, use max_tp_rate[1] next */
- minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i++, mi->max_tp_rate[1]);
- }
+ /* Fill up remaining, keep one entry for max_probe_rate */
+ for (; i < (mp->hw->max_rates - 1); i++)
+ minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i, mi->max_tp_rate[i]);

- if (mp->hw->max_rates >= 2) {
+ if (i < mp->hw->max_rates)
minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i++, mi->max_prob_rate);
- }
+
+ if (i < IEEE80211_TX_RATE_TABLE_SIZE)
+ rates->rate[i].idx = -1;

mi->sta->max_rc_amsdu_len = minstrel_ht_get_max_amsdu_len(mi);
- rates->rate[i].idx = -1;
rate_control_set_rates(mp->hw, mi->sta, rates);
}

--
2.35.1