Minstrel_ht: use lowest rate last as in minstrel.
It should improve robustness in environments with non-stationary noise.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ivanov <[email protected]>
---
 net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c | 8 +++++++-
 net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c 
b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
index 3928dbd..8abbdcc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -906,7 +906,12 @@ minstrel_ht_update_rates(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct 
minstrel_ht_sta *mi)
                minstrel_ht_set_rate(mp, mi, rates, i++, mi->max_prob_rate);
        }
 
-       rates->rate[i].idx = -1;
+       /* Use lowest rate last */
+       rates->rate[i].idx = mi->lowest_rix;
+       rates->rate[i].count = mp->max_retry;
+       rates->rate[i].count_cts = mp->max_retry;
+       rates->rate[i].count_rts = mp->max_retry;
+
        rate_control_set_rates(mp->hw, mi->sta, rates);
 }
 
@@ -1127,6 +1132,7 @@ minstrel_ht_update_caps(void *priv, struct 
ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
        memset(mi, 0, sizeof(*mi));
 
        mi->sta = sta;
+       mi->lowest_rix = rate_lowest_index(sband, sta);
        mi->last_stats_update = jiffies;
 
        ack_dur = ieee80211_frame_duration(sband->band, 10, 60, 1, 1, 0);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h 
b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h
index e8b52a9..90b8e39 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ struct minstrel_ht_sta {
        /* ampdu length (EWMA) */
        unsigned int avg_ampdu_len;
 
+       unsigned int lowest_rix;
+
        /* overall sorted rate set */
        u16 max_tp_rate[MAX_THR_RATES];
        u16 max_prob_rate;
-- 
2.1.4

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