mac80211: Implement Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL)

In order for the Fq_CoDel algorithm integrated in mac80211 layer to operate
effectively to control excessive queueing latency, the CoDel algorithm
requires an accurate measure of how long packets stays in the queue, AKA
sojourn time. The sojourn time measured at the mac80211 layer doesn't
include queueing latency in the lower layer (firmware/hardware) and CoDel
expects lower layer to have a short queue. However, most 802.11ac chipsets
offload tasks such TX aggregation to firmware or hardware, thus have a deep
lower layer queue.

Without a mechanism to control the lower layer queue size, packets only
stay in mac80211 layer transiently before being sent to firmware queue.
As a result, the sojourn time measured by CoDel in the mac80211 layer is
almost always lower than the CoDel latency target, hence CoDel does little
to control the latency, even when the lower layer queue causes excessive
latency.

The Byte Queue Limits (BQL) mechanism is commonly used to address the
similar issue with wired network interface. However, this method cannot be
applied directly to the wireless network interface. "Bytes" is not a
suitable measure of queue depth in the wireless network, as the data rate
can vary dramatically from station to station in the same network, from a
few Mbps to over Gbps.

This patch implements an Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL) to make CoDel work
effectively with wireless drivers that utilized firmware/hardware
offloading. AQL allows each txq to release just enough packets to the lower
layer to form 1-2 large aggregations to keep hardware fully utilized and
retains the rest of the frames in mac80211 layer to be controlled by the
CoDel algorithm.

Signed-off-by: Kan Yan <kyan@google.com>
[ Toke: Keep API to set pending airtime internal, fix nits in commit msg ]
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191119060610.76681-4-kyan@google.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 85 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
index 5c52429038c3..ad41d74530c6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
@@ -150,6 +150,87 @@ static const struct file_operations aqm_ops = {
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
 };
 
+static ssize_t aql_txq_limit_read(struct file *file,
+				  char __user *user_buf,
+				  size_t count,
+				  loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_local *local = file->private_data;
+	char buf[400];
+	int len = 0;
+
+	len = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+			"AC	AQL limit low	AQL limit high\n"
+			"VO	%u		%u\n"
+			"VI	%u		%u\n"
+			"BE	%u		%u\n"
+			"BK	%u		%u\n",
+			local->aql_txq_limit_low[IEEE80211_AC_VO],
+			local->aql_txq_limit_high[IEEE80211_AC_VO],
+			local->aql_txq_limit_low[IEEE80211_AC_VI],
+			local->aql_txq_limit_high[IEEE80211_AC_VI],
+			local->aql_txq_limit_low[IEEE80211_AC_BE],
+			local->aql_txq_limit_high[IEEE80211_AC_BE],
+			local->aql_txq_limit_low[IEEE80211_AC_BK],
+			local->aql_txq_limit_high[IEEE80211_AC_BK]);
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos,
+				       buf, len);
+}
+
+static ssize_t aql_txq_limit_write(struct file *file,
+				   const char __user *user_buf,
+				   size_t count,
+				   loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_local *local = file->private_data;
+	char buf[100];
+	size_t len;
+	u32 ac, q_limit_low, q_limit_high, q_limit_low_old, q_limit_high_old;
+	struct sta_info *sta;
+
+	if (count > sizeof(buf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, count))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = 0;
+	len = strlen(buf);
+	if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
+		buf[len - 1] = 0;
+
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%u %u %u", &ac, &q_limit_low, &q_limit_high) != 3)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (ac >= IEEE80211_NUM_ACS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	q_limit_low_old = local->aql_txq_limit_low[ac];
+	q_limit_high_old = local->aql_txq_limit_high[ac];
+
+	local->aql_txq_limit_low[ac] = q_limit_low;
+	local->aql_txq_limit_high[ac] = q_limit_high;
+
+	mutex_lock(&local->sta_mtx);
+	list_for_each_entry(sta, &local->sta_list, list) {
+		/* If a sta has customized queue limits, keep it */
+		if (sta->airtime[ac].aql_limit_low == q_limit_low_old &&
+		    sta->airtime[ac].aql_limit_high == q_limit_high_old) {
+			sta->airtime[ac].aql_limit_low = q_limit_low;
+			sta->airtime[ac].aql_limit_high = q_limit_high;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations aql_txq_limit_ops = {
+	.write = aql_txq_limit_write,
+	.read = aql_txq_limit_read,
+	.open = simple_open,
+	.llseek = default_llseek,
+};
+
 static ssize_t force_tx_status_read(struct file *file,
 				    char __user *user_buf,
 				    size_t count,
@@ -444,6 +525,10 @@ void debugfs_hw_add(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 	debugfs_create_u16("airtime_flags", 0600,
 			   phyd, &local->airtime_flags);
 
+	DEBUGFS_ADD(aql_txq_limit);
+	debugfs_create_u32("aql_threshold", 0600,
+			   phyd, &local->aql_threshold);
+
 	statsd = debugfs_create_dir("statistics", phyd);
 
 	/* if the dir failed, don't put all the other things into the root! */