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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2010-02-19 01:46:36 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-02-19 15:52:48 -0500
commit5c0ba62fd4b2dce08055a89600f1d834f9f0fe9e (patch)
tree269325db69c99e953abdc98cf4fc0f48a69f51fc /drivers/net/wireless
parent54f2d7361da09f3fc2b5407f93ad3b86df951577 (diff)
ath9k: fix rate control fallback rate selection
When selecting the tx fallback rate, rc.c used a separate variable 'nrix' for storing the next rate index, however it did not use that as reference for further rate index lowering. Because of that, it ended up reusing the same rate for multiple multi-rate retry stages, thus decreasing delivery probability under changing link conditions. This patch removes the separate (unnecessary) variable and fixes fallback the way it was intended to work. This should result in increased throughput and better link stability. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
index 74290137f43..2880507f9d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate *rates = tx_info->control.rates;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
__le16 fc = hdr->frame_control;
- u8 try_per_rate, i = 0, rix, nrix;
+ u8 try_per_rate, i = 0, rix;
int is_probe = 0;
if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
@@ -688,26 +688,25 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
rate_table = sc->cur_rate_table;
rix = ath_rc_get_highest_rix(sc, ath_rc_priv, rate_table, &is_probe);
- nrix = rix;
if (is_probe) {
/* set one try for probe rates. For the
* probes don't enable rts */
ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i++], txrc,
- 1, nrix, 0);
+ 1, rix, 0);
/* Get the next tried/allowed rate. No RTS for the next series
* after the probe rate
*/
- ath_rc_get_lower_rix(rate_table, ath_rc_priv, rix, &nrix);
+ ath_rc_get_lower_rix(rate_table, ath_rc_priv, rix, &rix);
ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i++], txrc,
- try_per_rate, nrix, 0);
+ try_per_rate, rix, 0);
tx_info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE;
} else {
/* Set the choosen rate. No RTS for first series entry. */
ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i++], txrc,
- try_per_rate, nrix, 0);
+ try_per_rate, rix, 0);
}
/* Fill in the other rates for multirate retry */
@@ -716,10 +715,10 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
if (i + 1 == 4)
try_per_rate = 8;
- ath_rc_get_lower_rix(rate_table, ath_rc_priv, rix, &nrix);
+ ath_rc_get_lower_rix(rate_table, ath_rc_priv, rix, &rix);
/* All other rates in the series have RTS enabled */
ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i], txrc,
- try_per_rate, nrix, 1);
+ try_per_rate, rix, 1);
}
/*