MCS9 introduces some corner cases in the current rs
algorithm which may lead to non optimal throughput and
instability in the throughput. Until all the corner
cases are resolved disable MCS9 for Tx as a workaround
which yields better throughput results as MCS8 is much
more stable.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Extract the scale action decision to a different function
in preparation of modifying it. While at it also convert
the scale action values from hardcoded values to a clear enum.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
The logs are emitted in a flow in which there were retries
and the rates in the rate table entry didn't match the active
or search table. This doesn't indicate a problem and is
expected in most cases where there will be retries for some
reason. Remove the logs.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
The new logic will attempt more rates with less retries
per rate. Also when starting off with MIMO it will
fallback to SISO with the same MCS and only then to Legacy.
Previously we fell back directly to Legacy.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
The supported legacy rate mask is initialized when rs
is initialized based on the remote peer supported rates.
There's no need to re mask it repeatedly with the supported
remote peer rates.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Simplify the code a bit more by extracting the rates table
building logic into a separate function and handle setting
a fixed rate for debug in a separate flow.
Also avoid using and saving ucode rate format in different
places. Instead use rs_rate struct and convert to ucode format
only when filling the rates table in the LQ command.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Move rs_program_fix_rate right before it's caller where we're
already in the context of an ifdef CPTCFG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS so
we can get rid of the extra ifdefs surrounding the original
location.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Rewrite the search cycle state machine to use a more data
oriented approach where the different Tx columns (configs)
limitations and next columns to search are reprsented in
tables which are easy to change. This overhaul also includes
several major fixes:
1. Prevent going back to a specific Tx column in a search
cycle if it was already explored.
2. Avoid switching to a Tx column that doesn't have any chance
if it performs perfectly to beat the current throughput we're
getting.
These issues were degrading throughput as they were causing
switching to "bad" Tx columns.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Use the 20Mhz channel width define instead of just the number
zero for legacy rates. Note that the define has the same value
so this is just a minor cleanup.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
The table rs_ht_to_legacy is used to get the next legacy rate
following the last HT or VHT rate in the LQ rates table.
The mapping wasn't correct as well as didn't include entries
for MCS8/9 which led to out of bounds access. This didn't
trigger a crash but led to legacy rate entries using 1Mbps
rate.
In 5Ghz this probably caused the Tx to fail completely given
that Tx attempt would have reached the legacy entries and 1Mbps
isn't valid.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Drop code which was relevant when there were chips with
3 antennas. Setting to ANT_AB should be ok with all mvm
supported chips.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Introduce rs_rate which represents a rate. Use this structure
instead of iwl_scale_tbl_info where we're dealing with a single
rate.
This avoids allocating the big iwl_scale_tbl_info structure
on the stack in several cases like converting to ucode rate
format or from ucode rate format.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Remain in the same Tx modulation (i.e. column) for a longer
time before starting a search cycle for a better modulation.
This has been shown to give better results.
Also change the name of the timeout define to better match its
description.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Expected TPT table was updated only when switching to a new
modulation. This is wrong as toggling aggregation changes
the expected TPT signficantly.
This leads to scenarios where turning aggregation on after
being in MIMO sends us back to SISO despite a perfect success
ratio.
This occurred because the TPT of the SISO mode was being
estimated based on aggregation while the MIMO one wasn't.
Also remove an error print which isn't an error anymore
since we might be updating the expected TPT table due
to aggregation changes.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
This terminates a test window of a new rate quicker in case
we've hit a bad rate and should recover better.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Enable better tracking of different decisions made
by the rate scale algorithm.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Remote peer can publish a different number of supported nss via the
operating mode notification IE or action frame. If it limits to 1
then we don't want mimo rates configured in the rate table.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
MCS9 in NSS=1 or NSS=2 isn't valid for 20Mhz so don't enable
it in case we're dealing with a 20Mhz sta. Trying to configure an
MCS9 rate with 20Mhz in the LQ rate table would lead to a FW assert.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Switch to using the new btcoex decision api regarding MIMO and stop
accessing the internal btcoex structs.
In case MIMO should be disabled it would detect this upon the next
Tx and force a search. The search will switch to SISO on a antenna A
which isn't used by BT.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Add more bit field definitions used in LQ flags.
Also rename the first bit to a shorter name.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Re-initialize rs when we get a rate_update hook called which
happens when remote STA changes bandwidth or sends a VHT opmode
notification.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Refactor setting of VHT enabled rates in preparation of adding
some more logic there.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Remove the flags parameter which should be set to sync or async
according to whether this is called during sta init or not.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Info about VHT/HT rates wasn't printed properly when dumping
the rate scale table. Fix that and print more info. While at it
fix some other minor issues in the printing and prevent
overflowing the print buffer.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Remove code that is not needed and always allow MIMO when
in tight mode. In loose mode, we should avoid MIMO since BT
can use the other antenna to Rx while we Tx.
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
The code limiting the AMPDU length due to BT traffic was
duplicated. Remove the redundant code.
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Tests have shown that we should start AMPDU even when BT
is active. So remove that constraint.
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
In loose BT Coex scheme, the aggregation size doesn't need to
be limited.
To avoid triggering it, remove a lockdep assertion - we need
to compute the AMPDU size limit from rate control code which
can't take mvm->mutex. This means that there is a race but in
the worst case, we will have a wrong AMPDU size limit which
is not a big issue.
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
mvm doesn't support HT GF so drop all relevant code in rs.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Enable rs algorithm to use VHT rates and use 80Mhz.
This enables reaching VHT rates which wasn't possible.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
The data in MailBox comes direclty from the BT core.
We should use the data processed by the WiFi fw that is
appended to the MailBox in the BT Coex notification.
Also decide on whether the Coex type based on the input
from the the firmware and not hard coded.
Also fix the SMPS SISO threshold to 2 (it was 3).
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
VHT introduces MCS8 and MCS9. Update the expected tpt tables
to include these. Previous expected values for 20/40 MHz
are incorrect in certain cases so fix these as well.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Tested-by: Efi Tubul <efi.tubul@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Current code didn't handle well the case where we're in SISO using
ANT B and there's a BT load. Switch to ANT A in this case.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
The XXX_SWITCH_ANTENNA1/2 actions keep track of switching between
3 single antennas or between 3 pairs in case of MIMO2 on a MIMO3 device.
As current and future chips will have at most 2 antennas drop these.
While at it also convert the actions into enums and cleanup
the code a bit.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Current and future chips supported by mvm will only have a maximum
of 2 antennas so all the MIMO3 related code and states can be dropped.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Some more cleanups of unused fields and their initializations.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
This isn't very informative and can be deduced from rate_scale_table.
Remove as a preparation for dropping iwl_rs_rate_info.ieee.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
rs_ht_to_legacy and ant_toggle_lookup are arrays that
represent some state-machine. initialize them explicitly
with designated initialization to make them more clear
and avoid errors.
Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
The traffic load monitoring isn't used anymore to decide whether
a Tx aggregation on a specific TID should be started.
No point in collecting these statistics. Remove the relevant code.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
The rate scale windows are cleared twice as part of the init.
Cleanup this duplication in both mvm and dvm.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
The LQ command argument isn't needed, it's always taken from the
station struct that's already passed, remove the argument.
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
