These rates are highly unlikely to be used quickly, even if the link deteriorates rapidly. This improves throughput in cases where CCK rates are not reliable enough to be skipped entirely during sampling. Sampling these rates regularly can cost a lot of airtime.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]> --- net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c index fdcb4e9b4560..f466ec37d161 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c @@ -1004,10 +1004,13 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi) return -1; /* - * Do not sample if the probability is already higher than 95% - * to avoid wasting airtime. + * Do not sample if the probability is already higher than 95%, + * or if the rate is 3 times slower than the current max probability + * rate, to avoid wasting airtime. */ - if (mrs->prob_ewma > MINSTREL_FRAC(95, 100)) + sample_dur = minstrel_get_duration(sample_idx); + if (mrs->prob_ewma > MINSTREL_FRAC(95, 100) || + minstrel_get_duration(mi->max_prob_rate) * 3 < sample_dur) return -1; /* @@ -1017,7 +1020,6 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi) cur_max_tp_streams = minstrel_mcs_groups[tp_rate1 / MCS_GROUP_RATES].streams; - sample_dur = minstrel_get_duration(sample_idx); if (sample_dur >= minstrel_get_duration(tp_rate2) && (cur_max_tp_streams - 1 < minstrel_mcs_groups[sample_group].streams || -- 2.17.0
