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diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/321-mac80211-optimize-station-connection-monitor.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/321-mac80211-optimize-station-connection-monitor.patch
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+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/321-mac80211-optimize-station-connection-monitor.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:29:56 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: optimize station connection monitor
+
+Calling mod_timer for every rx/tx packet can be quite expensive.
+Instead of constantly updating the timer, we can simply let it run out
+and check the timestamp of the last ACK or rx packet to re-arm it.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
++++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+@@ -2045,8 +2045,6 @@ void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer(struct t
+ void ieee80211_send_nullfunc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+ bool powersave);
+-void ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+- struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr);
+ void ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+ struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, bool ack, u16 tx_time);
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+@@ -2432,23 +2432,6 @@ static void ieee80211_set_disassoc(struc
+ sdata->encrypt_headroom = IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_HEADROOM;
+ }
+
+-void ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+- struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
+-{
+- /*
+- * We can postpone the mgd.timer whenever receiving unicast frames
+- * from AP because we know that the connection is working both ways
+- * at that time. But multicast frames (and hence also beacons) must
+- * be ignored here, because we need to trigger the timer during
+- * data idle periods for sending the periodic probe request to the
+- * AP we're connected to.
+- */
+- if (is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1))
+- return;
+-
+- ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
+-}
+-
+ static void ieee80211_reset_ap_probe(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+ {
+ struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
+@@ -2521,21 +2504,13 @@ void ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(struct ieee
+ {
+ ieee80211_sta_tx_wmm_ac_notify(sdata, hdr, tx_time);
+
+- if (!ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control))
+- return;
+-
+- if (ieee80211_is_any_nullfunc(hdr->frame_control) &&
+- sdata->u.mgd.probe_send_count > 0) {
+- if (ack)
+- ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
+- else
+- sdata->u.mgd.nullfunc_failed = true;
+- ieee80211_queue_work(&sdata->local->hw, &sdata->work);
++ if (!ieee80211_is_any_nullfunc(hdr->frame_control) ||
++ !sdata->u.mgd.probe_send_count)
+ return;
+- }
+
+- if (ack)
+- ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
++ if (!ack)
++ sdata->u.mgd.nullfunc_failed = true;
++ ieee80211_queue_work(&sdata->local->hw, &sdata->work);
+ }
+
+ static void ieee80211_mlme_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+@@ -3600,8 +3575,8 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_success(stru
+ * Start timer to probe the connection to the AP now.
+ * Also start the timer that will detect beacon loss.
+ */
+- ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(sdata, (struct ieee80211_hdr *)mgmt);
+ ieee80211_sta_reset_beacon_monitor(sdata);
++ ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
+
+ ret = true;
+ out:
+@@ -4569,10 +4544,26 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_conn_mon_timer
+ from_timer(sdata, t, u.mgd.conn_mon_timer);
+ struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
+ struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
++ struct sta_info *sta;
++ unsigned long timeout;
+
+ if (sdata->vif.csa_active && !ifmgd->csa_waiting_bcn)
+ return;
+
++ sta = sta_info_get(sdata, ifmgd->bssid);
++ if (!sta)
++ return;
++
++ timeout = sta->status_stats.last_ack;
++ if (time_before(sta->status_stats.last_ack, sta->rx_stats.last_rx))
++ timeout = sta->rx_stats.last_rx;
++ timeout += IEEE80211_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIME;
++
++ if (time_is_before_jiffies(timeout)) {
++ mod_timer(&ifmgd->conn_mon_timer, round_jiffies_up(timeout));
++ return;
++ }
++
+ ieee80211_queue_work(&local->hw, &ifmgd->monitor_work);
+ }
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
+@@ -1811,9 +1811,6 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80
+ sta->rx_stats.last_rate = sta_stats_encode_rate(status);
+ }
+
+- if (rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+- ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(rx->sdata, hdr);
+-
+ sta->rx_stats.fragments++;
+
+ u64_stats_update_begin(&rx->sta->rx_stats.syncp);
+@@ -4148,7 +4145,6 @@ void ieee80211_check_fast_rx(struct sta_
+ fastrx.sa_offs = offsetof(struct ieee80211_hdr, addr2);
+ fastrx.expected_ds_bits = 0;
+ } else {
+- fastrx.sta_notify = sdata->u.mgd.probe_send_count > 0;
+ fastrx.da_offs = offsetof(struct ieee80211_hdr, addr1);
+ fastrx.sa_offs = offsetof(struct ieee80211_hdr, addr3);
+ fastrx.expected_ds_bits =
+@@ -4378,11 +4374,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx(str
+ pskb_trim(skb, skb->len - fast_rx->icv_len))
+ goto drop;
+
+- if (unlikely(fast_rx->sta_notify)) {
+- ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(rx->sdata, hdr);
+- fast_rx->sta_notify = false;
+- }
+-
+ /* statistics part of ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process() */
+ if (!(status->flag & RX_FLAG_NO_SIGNAL_VAL)) {
+ stats->last_signal = status->signal;
+--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
++++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ struct ieee80211_fast_tx {
+ * @expected_ds_bits: from/to DS bits expected
+ * @icv_len: length of the MIC if present
+ * @key: bool indicating encryption is expected (key is set)
+- * @sta_notify: notify the MLME code (once)
+ * @internal_forward: forward froms internally on AP/VLAN type interfaces
+ * @uses_rss: copy of USES_RSS hw flag
+ * @da_offs: offset of the DA in the header (for header conversion)
+@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ struct ieee80211_fast_rx {
+ __le16 expected_ds_bits;
+ u8 icv_len;
+ u8 key:1,
+- sta_notify:1,
+ internal_forward:1,
+ uses_rss:1;
+ u8 da_offs, sa_offs;
+--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
+@@ -1227,9 +1227,6 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status_8023(struct iee
+ sta->status_stats.retry_count += retry_count;
+
+ if (ieee80211_hw_check(hw, REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS)) {
+- if (acked && vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+- ieee80211_sta_reset_conn_monitor(sdata);
+-
+ sta->status_stats.last_ack = jiffies;
+ if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK) {
+ if (sta->status_stats.lost_packets)