Commit "ath9k: Change rate control to use legacy rate as last MRR"
resulted in the mixing of HT/legacy rates in a single rateset,
which is undesirable. Revert this behavior.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c | 35 +++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
index 2e517c0..e8f8e3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -582,8 +582,7 @@ static u8 ath_rc_setvalid_htrates(struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv)
}
static u8 ath_rc_get_highest_rix(struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv,
- int *is_probing,
- bool legacy)
+ int *is_probing)
{
const struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = ath_rc_priv->rate_table;
u32 best_thruput, this_thruput, now_msec;
@@ -605,8 +604,6 @@ static u8 ath_rc_get_highest_rix(struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv,
u8 per_thres;
rate = ath_rc_priv->valid_rate_index[index];
- if (legacy && !(rate_table->info[rate].rate_flags & RC_LEGACY))
- continue;
if (rate > ath_rc_priv->rate_max_phy)
continue;
@@ -770,7 +767,7 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
try_per_rate = 4;
rate_table = ath_rc_priv->rate_table;
- rix = ath_rc_get_highest_rix(ath_rc_priv, &is_probe, false);
+ rix = ath_rc_get_highest_rix(ath_rc_priv, &is_probe);
if (conf_is_ht(&sc->hw->conf) &&
(sta->ht_cap.cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_LDPC_CODING))
@@ -804,7 +801,13 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
try_per_rate, rix, 0);
}
- for ( ; i < 3; i++) {
+ for ( ; i < 4; i++) {
+ /*
+ * Use twice the number of tries for the last MRR segment.
+ */
+ if (i + 1 == 4)
+ try_per_rate = 8;
+
ath_rc_get_lower_rix(ath_rc_priv, rix, &rix);
/*
@@ -815,26 +818,6 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
}
/*
- * Use twice the number of tries for the last MRR segment.
- */
- try_per_rate = 8;
-
- /*
- * If the last rate in the rate series is MCS and has
- * more than 80% of per thresh, then use a legacy rate
- * as last retry to ensure that the frame is tried in both
- * MCS and legacy rate.
- */
- ath_rc_get_lower_rix(ath_rc_priv, rix, &rix);
-
- if (WLAN_RC_PHY_HT(rate_table->info[rix].phy) &&
- (ath_rc_priv->per[rix] > 45))
- rix = ath_rc_get_highest_rix(ath_rc_priv, &is_probe, true);
-
- /* All other rates in the series have RTS enabled */
- ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i], txrc,
- try_per_rate, rix, 1);
- /*
* NB:Change rate series to enable aggregation when operating
* at lower MCS rates. When first rate in series is MCS2
* in HT40 @ 2.4GHz, series should look like:
--
1.7.11.4
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