When a cooked monitor interface is active, ieee80211_tx_status() generates a radiotap header for every single frame, even if it wasn't injected and thus won't be sent to a monitor interface. This patch reduces cpu utilization by moving the cooked monitor check a bit earlier, before it generates the rtap header. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/net/mac80211/status.c +++ b/net/mac80211/status.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021 struct net_device *prev_dev = NULL; struct sta_info *sta, *tmp; int retry_count = -1, i; - bool injected; + bool send_to_cooked; for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) { /* the HW cannot have attempted that rate */ @@ -296,11 +296,15 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021 /* this was a transmitted frame, but now we want to reuse it */ skb_orphan(skb); + /* Need to make a copy before skb->cb gets cleared */ + send_to_cooked = !!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) || + (type != IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA); + /* * This is a bit racy but we can avoid a lot of work * with this test... */ - if (!local->monitors && !local->cooked_mntrs) { + if (!local->monitors && (!send_to_cooked || !local->cooked_mntrs)) { dev_kfree_skb(skb); return; } @@ -345,9 +349,6 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021 /* for now report the total retry_count */ rthdr->data_retries = retry_count; - /* Need to make a copy before skb->cb gets cleared */ - injected = !!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED); - /* XXX: is this sufficient for BPF? */ skb_set_mac_header(skb, 0); skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY; @@ -362,8 +363,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee8021 continue; if ((sdata->u.mntr_flags & MONITOR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES) && - !injected && - (type == IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA)) + !send_to_cooked) continue; if (prev_dev) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html