2016-07-11 14:13:30

by Altshul, Maxim

Subject: [PATCH v3] mac80211: mesh: Add support for HW RC implementation

Mesh HWMP module will be able to rely on the HW
RC algorithm if it exists, for path metric calculations.

This allows the metric calculation mechanism to calculate
a correct metric, based on PER and last TX rate both via
HW RC algorithm if it exists or via parameters collected
by the SW.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Altshul <[email protected]>
---
1. Added DIV_ROUND_UP to protect from rate < 100Kbps
2. Removed redudant initialization

net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index c6be0b4..befb1e7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -326,22 +326,33 @@ static u32 airtime_link_metric_get(struct ieee80211_local *local,
u32 tx_time, estimated_retx;
u64 result;

- if (sta->mesh->fail_avg >= 100)
- return MAX_METRIC;
+ /* Try to get rate based on HW/SW RC algorithm.
+ * Rate is returned in units of Kbps, correct this
+ * to comply with airtime calculation units
+ * Round up in case we get rate < 100Kbps
+ */
+ rate = DIV_ROUND_UP(sta_get_expected_throughput(sta), 100);
+
+ if (rate) {
+ err = 0;
+ } else {
+ if (sta->mesh->fail_avg >= 100)
+ return MAX_METRIC;

- sta_set_rate_info_tx(sta, &sta->tx_stats.last_rate, &rinfo);
- rate = cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(&rinfo);
- if (WARN_ON(!rate))
- return MAX_METRIC;
+ sta_set_rate_info_tx(sta, &sta->tx_stats.last_rate, &rinfo);
+ rate = cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(&rinfo);
+ if (WARN_ON(!rate))
+ return MAX_METRIC;

- err = (sta->mesh->fail_avg << ARITH_SHIFT) / 100;
+ err = (sta->mesh->fail_avg << ARITH_SHIFT) / 100;
+ }

/* bitrate is in units of 100 Kbps, while we need rate in units of
* 1Mbps. This will be corrected on tx_time computation.
*/
tx_time = (device_constant + 10 * test_frame_len / rate);
estimated_retx = ((1 << (2 * ARITH_SHIFT)) / (s_unit - err));
- result = (tx_time * estimated_retx) >> (2 * ARITH_SHIFT) ;
+ result = (tx_time * estimated_retx) >> (2 * ARITH_SHIFT);
return (u32)result;
}

diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 63ea6cb..fa2c507 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -2069,14 +2069,29 @@ void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_TDLS_PEER))
sinfo->sta_flags.set |= BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER);

+ thr = sta_get_expected_throughput(sta);
+
+ if (thr != 0) {
+ sinfo->filled |= BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_EXPECTED_THROUGHPUT);
+ sinfo->expected_throughput = thr;
+ }
+}
+
+u32 sta_get_expected_throughput(struct sta_info *sta)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
+ struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
+ struct rate_control_ref *ref = NULL;
+ u32 thr = 0;
+
+ if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_RATE_CONTROL))
+ ref = local->rate_ctrl;
+
/* check if the driver has a SW RC implementation */
if (ref && ref->ops->get_expected_throughput)
thr = ref->ops->get_expected_throughput(sta->rate_ctrl_priv);
else
thr = drv_get_expected_throughput(local, &sta->sta);

- if (thr != 0) {
- sinfo->filled |= BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_EXPECTED_THROUGHPUT);
- sinfo->expected_throughput = thr;
- }
+ return thr;
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 2cafb21..5c9c8be 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ void sta_set_rate_info_tx(struct sta_info *sta,
struct rate_info *rinfo);
void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo);

+u32 sta_get_expected_throughput(struct sta_info *sta);
+
void ieee80211_sta_expire(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
unsigned long exp_time);
u8 sta_info_tx_streams(struct sta_info *sta);
--
2.9.0

2016-08-11 08:03:23

by Johannes Berg

Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mac80211: mesh: Add support for HW RC implementation

On Mon, 2016-07-11 at 17:15 +0300, Maxim Altshul wrote:
> Mesh HWMP module will be able to rely on the HW
> RC algorithm if it exists, for path metric calculations.
>
> This allows the metric calculation mechanism to calculate
> a correct metric, based on PER and last TX rate both via
> HW RC algorithm if it exists or via parameters collected
> by the SW.
>
Applied. I decided to put the fix for the sta->uploaded thing into
mac80211-next, since there's no driver affected by it now, so please
base that patch on this one, if necessary.

johannes