iwlwifi: mvm: Do not open aggregations for null data packets

Currently we try to open an aggregation for every packet (given that one
is not already open).

This causes redundant overhead (addba/delba) for null data packets.

Do not open an aggregation for null data packets.

Signed-off-by: Matti Gottlieb <matti.gottlieb@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
index 81dd2f6a48a577e8b21bc54e655502c811d417f8..7aecf46e2ab81f53a259bd094146dd9e4a96ba6a 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int iwl_hwrate_to_plcp_idx(u32 rate_n_flags)
 static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
                                  struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
                                  struct iwl_lq_sta *lq_sta,
-                                 int tid);
+                                 int tid, bool ndp);
 static void rs_fill_lq_cmd(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
                           struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
                           struct iwl_lq_sta *lq_sta,
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ static u8 rs_get_tid(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
 }
 
 void iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
-                         int tid, struct ieee80211_tx_info *info)
+                         int tid, struct ieee80211_tx_info *info, bool ndp)
 {
        int legacy_success;
        int retries;
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ void iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 done:
        /* See if there's a better rate or modulation mode to try. */
        if (sta->supp_rates[info->band])
-               rs_rate_scale_perform(mvm, sta, lq_sta, tid);
+               rs_rate_scale_perform(mvm, sta, lq_sta, tid, ndp);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1407,7 +1407,8 @@ static void rs_mac80211_tx_status(void *mvm_r,
            info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK)
                return;
 
-       iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(mvm, sta, rs_get_tid(hdr), info);
+       iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(mvm, sta, rs_get_tid(hdr), info,
+                            ieee80211_is_qos_nullfunc(hdr->frame_control));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2213,7 +2214,7 @@ static bool rs_tpc_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
                                  struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
                                  struct iwl_lq_sta *lq_sta,
-                                 int tid)
+                                 int tid, bool ndp)
 {
        int low = IWL_RATE_INVALID;
        int high = IWL_RATE_INVALID;
@@ -2512,7 +2513,7 @@ lq_update:
                            (lq_sta->tx_agg_tid_en & (1 << tid)) &&
                            (tid != IWL_MAX_TID_COUNT)) {
                                tid_data = &sta_priv->tid_data[tid];
-                               if (tid_data->state == IWL_AGG_OFF) {
+                               if (tid_data->state == IWL_AGG_OFF && !ndp) {
                                        IWL_DEBUG_RATE(mvm,
                                                       "try to aggregate tid %d\n",
                                                       tid);

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h
index 90d046fb24a0a0c5f7bac4451f0fdc61b070e3d3..d4a7fe2e9aca32df3e3e77f38bef1a24bbe60f6e 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.h
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void iwl_mvm_rs_rate_init(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 
 /* Notify RS about Tx status */
 void iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
-                         int tid, struct ieee80211_tx_info *info);
+                         int tid, struct ieee80211_tx_info *info, bool ndp);
 
 /**
  * iwl_rate_control_register - Register the rate control algorithm callbacks

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
index 9943013dec980c59f9465c896cf8b10d908730d6..d91edabc9b8babe9ddcd42a33bc254abfd3f5e77 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ void iwl_mvm_rx_ba_notif(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct iwl_rx_cmd_buffer *rxb)
                iwl_mvm_tx_info_from_ba_notif(&ba_info, ba_notif, tid_data);
 
                IWL_DEBUG_TX_REPLY(mvm, "No reclaim. Update rs directly\n");
-               iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(mvm, sta, tid, &ba_info);
+               iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(mvm, sta, tid, &ba_info, false);
        }
 
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