From: Helmut Schaa Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:31:11 +0000 (+0100) Subject: mac80211: Don't sample max throughput rate in minstrel_ht X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba6fa29c6dd51a1245a109f4b460092b51cad0f0;p=~shefty%2Frdma-dev.git mac80211: Don't sample max throughput rate in minstrel_ht The current max throughput rate is known to be good as otherwise it wouldn't be the max throughput rate. Since rate sampling can introduce some overhead (by adding RTS for example or due to not aggregating the frame) don't sample the max throughput rate. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa Acked-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c index 2b42564d6e2..16e0b277b9a 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c @@ -567,6 +567,13 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi) sample_idx += mi->sample_group * MCS_GROUP_RATES; minstrel_next_sample_idx(mi); + /* + * Sampling might add some overhead (RTS, no aggregation) + * to the frame. Hence, don't use sampling for the currently + * used max TP rate. + */ + if (sample_idx == mi->max_tp_rate) + return -1; /* * When not using MRR, do not sample if the probability is already * higher than 95% to avoid wasting airtime