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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2020-07-25 10:49:21 +0200
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2020-08-06 12:42:29 +0200
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mac80211: fix AQL issues
- Remove bogus STA txq pending airtime underflow warning - Improve tx airtime estimation for A-MPDU traffic Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Diffstat (limited to 'package/kernel/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/305-mac80211-improve-AQL-tx-airtime-estimation.patch81
-rw-r--r--package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/306-mac80211-remove-STA-txq-pending-airtime-underflow-wa.patch31
2 files changed, 112 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/305-mac80211-improve-AQL-tx-airtime-estimation.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/305-mac80211-improve-AQL-tx-airtime-estimation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f344281439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/305-mac80211-improve-AQL-tx-airtime-estimation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:25:07 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: improve AQL tx airtime estimation
+
+AQL does not take into account that most HT/VHT/HE traffic is A-MPDU aggregated.
+Because of that, the per-packet airtime overhead is vastly overestimated.
+Improve it by assuming an average aggregation length of 16 for non-legacy
+traffic if not using the VO AC queue.
+This should improve performance with high data rates, especially with multiple
+stations
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/airtime.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/airtime.c
+@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_calc_tx_airt
+ u32 ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
+- int len)
++ int len, bool ampdu)
+ {
+ struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+ struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf *conf;
+@@ -572,10 +572,26 @@ u32 ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime(s
+ if (pubsta) {
+ struct sta_info *sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info,
+ sta);
++ struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rate = &sta->tx_stats.last_rate;
++ u32 airtime;
+
+- return ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime_rate(hw,
+- &sta->tx_stats.last_rate,
+- band, len);
++ if (!(rate->flags & (IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS |
++ IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS)))
++ ampdu = false;
++
++ /*
++ * 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 of 16.
++ * This will not be very accurate, but much better than simply
++ * assuming un-aggregated tx.
++ */
++ airtime = ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime_rate(hw, rate, band,
++ ampdu ? len * 16 : len);
++ if (ampdu)
++ airtime /= 16;
++
++ return airtime;
+ }
+
+ if (!conf)
+--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
++++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ extern const struct ethtool_ops ieee8021
+ u32 ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
+- int len);
++ int len, bool ampdu);
+ #ifdef CPTCFG_MAC80211_NOINLINE
+ #define debug_noinline noinline
+ #else
+--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
+@@ -3694,10 +3694,11 @@ encap_out:
+
+ if (vif &&
+ wiphy_ext_feature_isset(local->hw.wiphy, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AQL)) {
++ bool ampdu = txq->ac != IEEE80211_AC_VO;
+ u32 airtime;
+
+ airtime = ieee80211_calc_expected_tx_airtime(hw, vif, txq->sta,
+- skb->len);
++ skb->len, ampdu);
+ if (airtime) {
+ airtime = ieee80211_info_set_tx_time_est(info, airtime);
+ ieee80211_sta_update_pending_airtime(local, tx.sta,
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/306-mac80211-remove-STA-txq-pending-airtime-underflow-wa.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/306-mac80211-remove-STA-txq-pending-airtime-underflow-wa.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab3a77e19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/306-mac80211-remove-STA-txq-pending-airtime-underflow-wa.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 10:42:30 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: remove STA txq pending airtime underflow
+ warning
+
+This warning can trigger if there is a mismatch between frames that were
+sent with the sta pointer set vs tx status frames reported for the sta address.
+
+This can happen due to race conditions on re-creating stations, or even
+in the case of .sta_add/remove being used instead of .sta_state, which can cause
+frames to be sent to a station that has not been uploaded yet.
+
+If there is an actual underflow issue, it should show up in the device airtime
+warning below, so it is better to remove this one.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+@@ -1924,9 +1924,7 @@ void ieee80211_sta_update_pending_airtim
+ if (sta) {
+ tx_pending = atomic_sub_return(tx_airtime,
+ &sta->airtime[ac].aql_tx_pending);
+- if (WARN_ONCE(tx_pending < 0,
+- "STA %pM AC %d txq pending airtime underflow: %u, %u",
+- sta->addr, ac, tx_pending, tx_airtime))
++ if (tx_pending < 0)
+ atomic_cmpxchg(&sta->airtime[ac].aql_tx_pending,
+ tx_pending, 0);
+ }