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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c24
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
index e495b0998b4..65fc9ad615e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ struct rate_control_alg {
static LIST_HEAD(rate_ctrl_algs);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(rate_ctrl_mutex);
+static char *ieee80211_default_rc_algo = CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT;
+module_param(ieee80211_default_rc_algo, charp, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ieee80211_default_rc_algo,
+ "Default rate control algorithm for mac80211 to use");
+
int ieee80211_rate_control_register(struct rate_control_ops *ops)
{
struct rate_control_alg *alg;
@@ -89,21 +94,27 @@ ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(const char *name)
return ops;
}
-/* Get the rate control algorithm. If `name' is NULL, get the first
- * available algorithm. */
+/* Get the rate control algorithm. */
static struct rate_control_ops *
ieee80211_rate_control_ops_get(const char *name)
{
struct rate_control_ops *ops;
+ const char *alg_name;
if (!name)
- name = "simple";
+ alg_name = ieee80211_default_rc_algo;
+ else
+ alg_name = name;
- ops = ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(name);
+ ops = ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(alg_name);
if (!ops) {
- request_module("rc80211_%s", name);
- ops = ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(name);
+ request_module("rc80211_%s", alg_name);
+ ops = ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(alg_name);
}
+ if (!ops && name)
+ /* try default if specific alg requested but not found */
+ ops = ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(ieee80211_default_rc_algo);
+
return ops;
}
@@ -244,3 +255,4 @@ void rate_control_deinitialize(struct ieee80211_local *local)
local->rate_ctrl = NULL;
rate_control_put(ref);
}
+