Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We use ieee80211_tx_status() to report each completed tx frame. > Internally, this function calls sta_info_get_by_addrs(), what has a > couple of drawbacks: > 1. additional station lookup causes a performance degradation; > 2. mac80211 can not properly account Ethernet encapsulated frames due > to the inability to properly determine the destination (station) MAC > address since ieee80211_tx_status() assumes the frame has a 802.11 > header. > > The latter is especially destructive if we want to use hardware frames > encapsulation. > > To fix both of these issues, replace ieee80211_tx_status() with > ieee80211_tx_status_ext() call and feed it station pointer from the tx > queue associated with the transmitted frame. > > Tested-on: QCA9888 hw2.0 PCI 10.4-3.9.0.2-00131 > Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 PCI WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00157-QCARMSWPZ-1 > > Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Oldřich Jedlička <oldium.pro@xxxxxxxxx> # TP-Link Archer C7 v4 & v5 (QCA9563 + QCA9880) > Tested-by: Edward Matijevic <motolav@xxxxxxxxx> # TP-Link Archer C2600 (IPQ8064 + QCA9980 10.4.1.00030-1) > Tested-by: Edward Matijevic <motolav@xxxxxxxxx> # QCA9377 PCI in Sta mode > Tested-by: Zhijun You <hujy652@xxxxxxxxx> # NETGEAR R7800 (QCA9984 10.4-3.9.0.2-00159) > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx> 4 patches applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 2587d5198aa5 ath10k: improve tx status reporting 70f119fb82af ath10k: htt_tx: do not interpret Eth frames as WiFi a09740548275 ath10k: turn rawmode into frame_mode af6d8265c47e ath10k: add encapsulation offloading support -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220516032519.29831-2-ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
