netdev - [PATCH v1 2/2] mac80211: minstrel_ht: fill all requested rates

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Message-Id: <20220402153014.31332-2-ps.report@gmx.net>
Date:   Sat,  2 Apr 2022 17:30:14 +0200
From:   Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>
To:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] mac80211: minstrel_ht: fill all requested rates

Fill all requested rates (in case of ath9k 4 rate slots are
available, so fill all 4 instead of only 3), improves throughput in
noisy environment.

Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@....net>
---
 net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
index 9c6ace858107..cd6a0f153688 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -1436,17 +1436,17 @@ minstrel_ht_update_rates(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi)
 	/* Start with max_tp_rate[0] */
 	minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i++, mi->max_tp_rate[0]);
 
-	if (mp->hw->max_rates >= 3) {
-		/* At least 3 tx rates supported, use max_tp_rate[1] next */
-		minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i++, mi->max_tp_rate[1]);
-	}
+	/* Fill up remaining, keep one entry for max_probe_rate */
+	for (; i < (mp->hw->max_rates - 1); i++)
+		minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i, mi->max_tp_rate[i]);
 
-	if (mp->hw->max_rates >= 2) {
+	if (i < mp->hw->max_rates)
 		minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i++, mi->max_prob_rate);
-	}
+
+	if (i < IEEE80211_TX_RATE_TABLE_SIZE)
+		rates->rate[i].idx = -1;
 
 	mi->sta->max_rc_amsdu_len = minstrel_ht_get_max_amsdu_len(mi);
-	rates->rate[i].idx = -1;
 	rate_control_set_rates(mp->hw, mi->sta, rates);
 }
 
-- 
2.35.1