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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2013-07-20 16:37:50 +0000
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2013-07-20 16:37:50 +0000
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ath9k: add initial tx queueing rework patches
This forces all packets (even for un-aggregated traffic) through software queues to improve fairness and stability Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> SVN-Revision: 37483
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diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/564-ath9k_cleanup_form_aggr.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/564-ath9k_cleanup_form_aggr.patch
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index 0000000000..4c79c37b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/564-ath9k_cleanup_form_aggr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ static enum ATH_AGGR_STATUS ath_tx_form_
+ {
+ #define PADBYTES(_len) ((4 - ((_len) % 4)) % 4)
+ struct ath_buf *bf, *bf_first = NULL, *bf_prev = NULL;
+- int rl = 0, nframes = 0, ndelim, prev_al = 0;
++ int nframes = 0, ndelim;
+ u16 aggr_limit = 0, al = 0, bpad = 0,
+- al_delta, h_baw = tid->baw_size / 2;
++ al_delta, h_baw = tid->baw_size / 2;
+ enum ATH_AGGR_STATUS status = ATH_AGGR_DONE;
+ struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info;
+ struct ath_frame_info *fi;
+@@ -925,33 +925,24 @@ static enum ATH_AGGR_STATUS ath_tx_form_
+ skb = bf->bf_mpdu;
+ fi = get_frame_info(skb);
+
+- if (!bf_first)
++ if (!bf_first) {
+ bf_first = bf;
+-
+- if (!rl) {
+ ath_set_rates(tid->an->vif, tid->an->sta, bf);
+ aggr_limit = ath_lookup_rate(sc, bf, tid);
+- rl = 1;
+ }
+
+ /* do not exceed aggregation limit */
+ al_delta = ATH_AGGR_DELIM_SZ + fi->framelen;
++ if (nframes) {
++ if (aggr_limit < al + bpad + al_delta ||
++ ath_lookup_legacy(bf) || nframes >= h_baw) {
++ status = ATH_AGGR_LIMITED;
++ break;
++ }
+
+- if (nframes &&
+- ((aggr_limit < (al + bpad + al_delta + prev_al)) ||
+- ath_lookup_legacy(bf))) {
+- status = ATH_AGGR_LIMITED;
+- break;
+- }
+-
+- tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(bf->bf_mpdu);
+- if (nframes && (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE))
+- break;
+-
+- /* do not exceed subframe limit */
+- if (nframes >= min((int)h_baw, ATH_AMPDU_SUBFRAME_DEFAULT)) {
+- status = ATH_AGGR_LIMITED;
+- break;
++ tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(bf->bf_mpdu);
++ if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE)
++ break;
+ }
+
+ /* add padding for previous frame to aggregation length */
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ int ath_descdma_setup(struct ath_softc *
+ #define ATH_AGGR_ENCRYPTDELIM 10
+ /* minimum h/w qdepth to be sustained to maximize aggregation */
+ #define ATH_AGGR_MIN_QDEPTH 2
+-#define ATH_AMPDU_SUBFRAME_DEFAULT 32
+
+ #define IEEE80211_SEQ_SEQ_SHIFT 4
+ #define IEEE80211_SEQ_MAX 4096