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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2021-06-06 20:57:39 +0200
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2021-06-12 10:46:39 +0200
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mac80211: improve rate control performance
Call rate control handler after intermediate queueuing Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
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1 files changed, 114 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/374-mac80211-call-ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl-when-dequeue.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/374-mac80211-call-ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl-when-dequeue.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49b1212213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/374-mac80211-call-ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl-when-dequeue.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+From: Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>
+Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 14:05:41 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: call ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl() when dequeue
+
+Make ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl() get called on dequeue to improve
+performance since it reduces the turnaround time for rate control.
+
+Signed-off-by: Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
+@@ -1780,8 +1780,6 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers_early(stru
+ CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_ps_buf);
+ CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_check_control_port_protocol);
+ CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_select_key);
+- if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
+- CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl);
+
+ txh_done:
+ if (unlikely(res == TX_DROP)) {
+@@ -1814,6 +1812,9 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers_late(struc
+ goto txh_done;
+ }
+
++ if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
++ CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl);
++
+ CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_michael_mic_add);
+ CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_sequence);
+ CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_fragment);
+@@ -3384,15 +3385,21 @@ out:
+ * Can be called while the sta lock is held. Anything that can cause packets to
+ * be generated will cause deadlock!
+ */
+-static void ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+- struct sta_info *sta, u8 pn_offs,
+- struct ieee80211_key *key,
+- struct sk_buff *skb)
++static ieee80211_tx_result
++ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
++ struct sta_info *sta, u8 pn_offs,
++ struct ieee80211_key *key,
++ struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
+ {
++ struct sk_buff *skb = tx->skb;
+ struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+ struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
+ u8 tid = IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS;
+
++ if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL) &&
++ ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl(tx) != TX_CONTINUE)
++ return TX_DROP;
++
+ if (key)
+ info->control.hw_key = &key->conf;
+
+@@ -3441,6 +3448,8 @@ static void ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(s
+ break;
+ }
+ }
++
++ return TX_CONTINUE;
+ }
+
+ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+@@ -3544,24 +3553,17 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct i
+ tx.sta = sta;
+ tx.key = fast_tx->key;
+
+- if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL)) {
+- tx.skb = skb;
+- r = ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl(&tx);
+- skb = tx.skb;
+- tx.skb = NULL;
+-
+- if (r != TX_CONTINUE) {
+- if (r != TX_QUEUED)
+- kfree_skb(skb);
+- return true;
+- }
+- }
+-
+ if (ieee80211_queue_skb(local, sdata, sta, skb))
+ return true;
+
+- ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sdata, sta, fast_tx->pn_offs,
+- fast_tx->key, skb);
++ tx.skb = skb;
++ r = ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sdata, sta, fast_tx->pn_offs,
++ fast_tx->key, &tx);
++ tx.skb = NULL;
++ if (r == TX_DROP) {
++ kfree_skb(skb);
++ return true;
++ }
+
+ if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
+ sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,
+@@ -3672,8 +3674,12 @@ begin:
+ (tx.key->conf.flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV))
+ pn_offs = ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
+
+- ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sta->sdata, sta, pn_offs,
+- tx.key, skb);
++ r = ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sta->sdata, sta, pn_offs,
++ tx.key, &tx);
++ if (r != TX_CONTINUE) {
++ ieee80211_free_txskb(&local->hw, skb);
++ goto begin;
++ }
+ } else {
+ if (invoke_tx_handlers_late(&tx))
+ goto begin;