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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2021-01-15 15:02:37 +0300
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2021-01-22 11:11:37 +0300
commiteeafcb0c80c81d6f569fc72630f573ea56112f2b (patch)
tree73faf5696d23456c0517f7cb0e5a6a926dd29f6e /net/mac80211
parentcbda98c710d273b2725e2b551d929879bff93c1d (diff)
downloadlinux-eeafcb0c80c81d6f569fc72630f573ea56112f2b.tar.xz
mac80211: minstrel_ht: remove old ewma based rate average code
The new noise filter has been the default for a while now with no reported downside and significant improvement compared to the old code. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210115120242.89616-5-nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c31
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
index 1fc3e836fe95..9280461ed3cc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -769,17 +769,8 @@ minstrel_ht_calc_rate_stats(struct minstrel_priv *mp,
if (unlikely(mrs->attempts > 0)) {
mrs->sample_skipped = 0;
cur_prob = MINSTREL_FRAC(mrs->success, mrs->attempts);
- if (mp->new_avg) {
- minstrel_filter_avg_add(&mrs->prob_avg,
- &mrs->prob_avg_1, cur_prob);
- } else if (unlikely(!mrs->att_hist)) {
- mrs->prob_avg = cur_prob;
- } else {
- /*update exponential weighted moving avarage */
- mrs->prob_avg = minstrel_ewma(mrs->prob_avg,
- cur_prob,
- EWMA_LEVEL);
- }
+ minstrel_filter_avg_add(&mrs->prob_avg,
+ &mrs->prob_avg_1, cur_prob);
mrs->att_hist += mrs->attempts;
mrs->succ_hist += mrs->success;
} else {
@@ -913,10 +904,8 @@ minstrel_ht_update_stats(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi,
/* Try to increase robustness of max_prob_rate*/
minstrel_ht_prob_rate_reduce_streams(mi);
- /* try to sample all available rates during each interval */
- mi->sample_count *= 8;
- if (mp->new_avg)
- mi->sample_count /= 2;
+ /* try to sample half of all available rates during each interval */
+ mi->sample_count *= 4;
if (sample)
minstrel_ht_rate_sample_switch(mp, mi);
@@ -1040,7 +1029,7 @@ minstrel_ht_tx_status(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate *ar = info->status.rates;
struct minstrel_rate_stats *rate, *rate2, *rate_sample = NULL;
struct minstrel_priv *mp = priv;
- u32 update_interval = mp->update_interval / 2;
+ u32 update_interval = mp->update_interval;
bool last, update = false;
bool sample_status = false;
int i;
@@ -1090,9 +1079,8 @@ minstrel_ht_tx_status(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
switch (mi->sample_mode) {
case MINSTREL_SAMPLE_IDLE:
- if (mp->new_avg &&
- (mp->hw->max_rates > 1 ||
- mi->total_packets_cur < SAMPLE_SWITCH_THR))
+ if (mp->hw->max_rates > 1 ||
+ mi->total_packets_cur < SAMPLE_SWITCH_THR)
update_interval /= 2;
break;
@@ -1832,8 +1820,7 @@ minstrel_ht_alloc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
mp->has_mrr = true;
mp->hw = hw;
- mp->update_interval = HZ / 10;
- mp->new_avg = true;
+ mp->update_interval = HZ / 20;
minstrel_ht_init_cck_rates(mp);
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mp->hw->wiphy->bands); i++)
@@ -1853,8 +1840,6 @@ static void minstrel_ht_add_debugfs(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, void *priv,
&mp->fixed_rate_idx);
debugfs_create_u32("sample_switch", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, debugfsdir,
&mp->sample_switch);
- debugfs_create_bool("new_avg", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, debugfsdir,
- &mp->new_avg);
}
#endif
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h
index 25c3664bddde..7d6d0b720f6d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
struct minstrel_priv {
struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
bool has_mrr;
- bool new_avg;
u32 sample_switch;
unsigned int cw_min;
unsigned int cw_max;