This switches ath9k over to using the mac80211 intermediate software
queueing mechanism for data packets. It removes the queueing inside the
driver, except for the retry queue, and instead pulls from mac80211 when
a packet is needed. The retry queue is used to store a packet that was
pulled but can't be sent immediately.
The old code path in ath_tx_start that would queue packets has been
removed completely, as has the qlen limit tunables (since there's no
longer a queue in the driver to limit).
The mac80211 intermediate software queues offer significant latency
reductions, and this patch allows ath9k to realise them. The exact gains
from this varies with the test scenario, but in an access point scenario
we have seen latency reductions ranging from 1/3 to as much as an order
of magnitude. We also achieve slightly better aggregation.
Median latency (ping) figures with this patch applied at the access point,
with two high-rate stations and one low-rate station (HT20 5Ghz), running
a Flent rtt_fair_var_up test with one TCP flow and one ping flow going to
each station:
Fast station Slow station
Default pfifo_fast qdisc: 430.4 ms 638.7 ms
fq_codel qdisc on iface: 35.5 ms 211.8 ms
This patch set: 22.4 ms 38.2 ms
Median aggregation sizes over the same test:
Default pfifo_fast qdisc: 9.5 pkts 1.9 pkts
fq_codel qdisc on iface: 11.2 pkts 1.9 pkts
This patch set: 13.9 pkts 1.9 pkts
This patch is based on Tim's original patch set, but reworked quite
thoroughly.
Cc: Tim Shepard <shep@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
This patch fixes some issues with interface reconfiguration. It could
for example happen that an AP interface in beacon slot 0 was removed
leaving an IBSS station in one of the other slots. When this happens
the driver never sends out the beacon as it only tries to send a beacon
from slot 0.
Appart from that the tracking of required changes to the beacon config is
relatively complicated and prone to errors.
The approach taken here is to solve reconfiguration issues is to
reconfigure the beacons when any interface changes. This means that
the complexity of deciding whether an interface change may modify the
beacon configuration is gone. It also means that the beacon config will
be reliably updated when an interface is removed.
The issue that a single non-AP interface might not be in beacon
slot 0 and wouldn't be send out is solved by moving it into the
first slot. The TSF value in hardware is adjusted accordingly so
that the timestamp of the beacons stay consistent.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg@open-mesh.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Make ath_init_leds() and ath_deinit_leds() pairs as the only
API to set leds, also removed direction configuration from
ath9k_start() and ath9k_stop(). So the initial is more clear
now.
Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
This patch is derived from
commit 6301566e0b ("ath9k: export HW random number generator"),
We evaluated the entropy of the ADC data on QCA9531, QCA9561, QCA955x,
and AR9340, and it has sufficient quality random data (at least 10 bits
and up to 22 bits of min-entropy for a 32-bit value). We conservatively
assume the min-entropy is 10 bits out of 32 bits. Thus, ATH9K_RNG_BUF_SIZE
is set to 320 (u32) i.e., 1.25 kilobytes of data is inserted to fill up
the pool as soon as the entropy counter becomes 896/4096 (set by random.c).
Since ADC was not designed to be a dedicated HW RNG, we do not want to bind
it to /dev/hwrng framework directly. This patch feeds the entropy directly
from the WiFi driver to the input pool. The ADC register output is only
used as a seed for the Linux entropy pool. No conditioning is needed,
since all the conditioning is performed by the pool itself.
Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
This is useful for MCC debugging and bug fixing.
Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic@tieto.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
The patch adds support for "outside the context of a BSS"(OCB) mode
to ath9k driver and extends debugfs files by OCB ralated information.
This patch was tested on AR9380-AL1A cards.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kaisrlik <kaisrja1@fel.cvut.cz>
Cc: Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
struct ath_atx_ac contains a list of active TIDs belonging to one WMM AC.
This patch changes the code to track active station TIDs in the txq directly.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
pre-requisite to shrink size of ieee80211_tx_info which in turn is
needed to shrink skb->cb to 40 bytes again.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Configure the HW with highest TX power among all vif when HW TPC has been
enabled in order to add support to per-vif TX power capability. Use lowest
configured power among all interfaces when TPC is disabled
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
There is no need to allocate a new structure and
free it for every user pattern, instead use local
variables.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
This can be used to force WOW for cards that
are not present in the supported PCI ID list.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
The various variables tracking bmiss interrupts
are not really used anywhere except in a debug
message. Remove them since they have no functional
purpose.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Registering the card as a wakeup source needs to
be done once, during initialization. When the WOW
configuration changes, the card's status as wakeup
source needs to be changed too and this is done
via the set_wakeup() callback. Also, make sure
the device is removed properly using ath9k_deinit_wow().
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
ath9k and ath9k_htc use the variable name "led_blink" to indicate
whether the module parameter "blink" is on. This name is easy to
conflict with other variables, and has caused a compiler error found
by kbuild test bot. The compiler error is as following:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.o:(.data+0x47c): multiple definition of `led_blink'
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.o:(.bss+0x20): first defined here
Fixes: 3a939a6712 ("ath9k_htc: Add a module parameter to disable blink")
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Add TPC capability to TX descriptor path. Cap per-packet TX power according to
TX power per-rate tables. Currently TPC is supported just by AR9003 based chips
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
In a GO/STA setup, when we switch to the STA context,
the channel context timer is scheduled with a period of
half the beacon interval. If a beacon is received in
this duration, the timer is adjusted to accommodate
TSF sync done by the HW.
But, if the actual channel switch is delayed for some
reason, we end up rearming the timer every time a new
beacon is received. Avoid this by doing the adjustment
only once.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
On some x86 platforms, the LED gpio is active high
instead of active low. Identify such cards and modify
the GPIO usage to make sure LED works properly.
Cc: Russell Hu <rhu@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
and rename exports from ath9k_spectral_* to ath9k_cmn_spectral_*
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
and move rfs_chan_spec_scan to this struct. We will need it
for common spectral scan code.
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Track it per channel context instead of in the softc
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The flush timeout in MCC mode is very small, since
we are constrained by the time slice for each
channel context, but since only the HW queues are
flushed when switching contexts, it is acceptable.
Since the SW queues are also emptied in the mac80211 flush()
callback, a larger duration is needed. Add an override
argument to __ath9k_flush() and set it when flush()
is called in MCC mode. This allows the driver to
drain both the SW and HW queues.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This patch makes sure that a GO interface
sends out a new NoA schedule with 200ms duration
when mgd_prepare_tx() is called.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
If a GO interface is active when we receive a
mgd_prepare_tx() call, then we need to send
out a new NoA before switching to a new context.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Since both the arguments need to satisfy
the alignment requirements of ether_addr_copy(),
use memcpy() in cases where there will be no
big performance benefit and make sure that
ether_addr_copy() calls use properly aligned
arguments.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Pending frames in the driver can be present
either in the HW queues or SW. ath9k_has_pending_frames()
currently checks for the HW queues first and then
checks if any ACs are queued in the driver.
In MCC mode, we need to check the HW queues alone, since
the SW queues are just marked as 'stopped' - they will
be processed in the next context switch. But since we
don't differentiate this now, mention whether we want
to check if there are frames in the SW queues.
* The flush() callback checks both HW and SW queues.
* The tx_frames_pending() callback does the same.
* The call to __ath9k_flush() in MCC mode checks HW queues alone.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The timeout value for flushing the TX queues
is hardcoded at 200ms right now. Use a channel
context-specific value instead to allow adjustments
to the timeout in case MCC is enabled.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Instead of having ath_reset_internal() and ath_reset()
as two separate calls to perform a HW reset, have
one function. This makes sure that the behavior will
be the same at all callsites.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
In MCC mode, currently the decision to enable
the multi-channel state machine is done
based on the association status if one of
the interfaces assigned to a context is in
station mode.
This allows the driver to switch to the other
context before the current station is able to
complete the 4-way handshake in case it is
required and this causes problems.
Instead, enable multi-channel mode when the
station moves to the authorized state. This
disallows an early switch to the other channel.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Currently, ath9k uses a global counter for all
frames that need to be assigned a sequence number.
QoS-data frames are handled properly since they
have a per-tid counter. But, beacons and other
management frames use the same counter even if
multiple interfaces or contexts are present.
Fix this issue by making the counter per-interface
and using it when mac80211 sets IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This can be used when the queues of a context
needs to be stopped.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Change the ath9k_chanctx_wake_queues() API so
that we can pass the channel context that needs its
queues to be stopped.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
When multiple channel contexts are enabled, a p2p interface
that is assigned to a context will have an address that
is different from the device mac address, which is used
by wpa_s as the p2p device ID.
Certain frames like provision requests use the device address
and these get dropped since ath9k_calculate_summary_state()
iterates over only the active interfaces in a context and the
device address is not used.
Fix this by adding the device mac address to the bssid mask.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Using the BSS information stored in mac80211 directly
is racy in certain conditions. For example, in a MCC
setup, if the scheduler is switching channels when
a local deauth is issued, calculation of the opmode/bssid
etc. is incorrect. To avoid this, store the bss params
in the driver and use it.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Add dynamic ACK timeout estimation algorithm based on ACK frame RX timestamp,
TX frame timestamp and frame duration.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Philippe Duchein <wireless-dev@duchein.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The next_tbtt variable in the scheduler is needed only
for GO/AP mode operation and is always read from the
NEXT_TBTT_TIMER in the HW. There is no need to store
the timestamp for received beacons.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The NoA duration for a GO is half the beacon interval
and a concurrent context like a STA can be active only
for that duration, before switching back to the GO's
operating channel.
Currently, when multiple beacons are missed, the dwell
time for the STA context is extended to improve the
chances of receiving a beacon. But the NoA is not updated
and this will cause problems since the GO is offline
for a period that is longer than the advertised duration.
Fix this by ensuring that the NoA is updated first before
extending the time slot for the STA context. Also make
sure that non-periodic NoA is used for a one-time, longer
absence period.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* The index has to incremented only when advertising
a new NoA schedule.
* Switch to non-periodic NoA when starting a scan operation
and multiple channel contexts are active.
* Make sure that periodic NoA is advertised again when
scan ends. Since the offchannel timer moves the offchannel
state to IDLE after the GO operating channel becomes
active, use a flag "force_noa_update" to update the
NoA contents.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Scanning is curently broken when two channel contexts
are active. For example in a P2P-GO/STA setup, the
offchannel timer allows HZ / 10 to elapse before initiating
a switch to the next scan channel from the current operating
channel, which in this case would be the P2P-GO context.
But, the channel context timer might decide to switch
to the STA context when an SWBA comes early and a beacon
is sent out. Since pending offchannel requests are processed
in EVENT_BEACON_PREPARE, this causes inconsistent scanning.
Fix this by making sure that a context switch happens
before processing the pending offchannel request. This
also makes sure that active channel contexts will always
have higher priority than offchannel operations and the
scan sequence looks like this:
p2p-go, sta, p2p-go, offchannel, p2p-go, sta, p2p-go, offchannel,.....
The oper-channel is p2p-go, so the STA context has to
switch to p2p-go again before switching offchannel.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Currently, the interface count is maintained globally,
but this causes problems in RX filter calculation.
Make the interface count a per-channel-context variable
to fix this.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Maintain the RX filter on a per-channel-context
basis and not globally. Not doing so was resulting
in incorrect filter calculation.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Since ath_startrecv() doesn't return an error value,
cleanup the callsites.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Since CTWindow can be used for improving discoverability,
fill this field in the NoA Attribute properly.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This will be useful in handling addition/change of new
channel contexts.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Move it inside a CONFIG_ATH9K_CHANNEL_CONTEXT ifdef
since it is not needed otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
