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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2011-04-09 21:37:14 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-04-12 22:58:59 +0200
commit6d7b97b23e114c8fbb825e6721164d228c1af3fc (patch)
tree8682f55f680c4272c24dcad4b47d241a76c25e52
parentath5k: improve pcal error handling for ENOMEM case (diff)
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ath5k: fix tx status reporting issues
During normal operation, minstrel was showing suspicious EWMA probabilities exceeding 100%. It looks like the tx status reporting in ath5k was not properly clearing the rate index for rates which were never attempted. This is caused by uninitialized stale data in the on-stack tx status information, which is reused when more frames are received. To fix this, rely on ts->ts_final_idx to select the last attempted rate, instead of checking whether ts->ts_rate is set. Additionally, the conversion from the driver rate index back to the mac80211 rate index can be dropped, as the mac80211 tx status will still have the original rate index which was used to set up the descriptor. Additionally, one more inaccuracy was fixed - the final rate attempt count only needs to be increased by one if the transmission attempt was successful. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c16
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 4d7f21ee111c..753662f98f75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1580,21 +1580,14 @@ ath5k_tx_frame_completed(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(info);
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i <= ts->ts_final_idx; i++) {
struct ieee80211_tx_rate *r =
&info->status.rates[i];
- if (ts->ts_rate[i]) {
- r->idx = ath5k_hw_to_driver_rix(sc, ts->ts_rate[i]);
- r->count = ts->ts_retry[i];
- } else {
- r->idx = -1;
- r->count = 0;
- }
+ r->count = ts->ts_retry[i];
}
- /* count the successful attempt as well */
- info->status.rates[ts->ts_final_idx].count++;
+ info->status.rates[ts->ts_final_idx + 1].idx = -1;
if (unlikely(ts->ts_status)) {
sc->stats.ack_fail++;
@@ -1609,6 +1602,9 @@ ath5k_tx_frame_completed(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
} else {
info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK;
info->status.ack_signal = ts->ts_rssi;
+
+ /* count the successful attempt as well */
+ info->status.rates[ts->ts_final_idx].count++;
}
/*