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mac80211: reduce packet loss notifications under load

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During strong signal fluctuations under high throughput, few consecutive
failed A-MPDU transmissions can easily trigger packet loss notification,
and thus (in AP mode) client disconnection.

Reduce the number of false positives by checking the A-MPDU status flag
and treating a failed A-MPDU as a single packet.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Felix Fietkau 2014-05-23 20:05:28 +02:00 • committed by Johannes Berg
parent 923eaf3672
commit abd43a6a68
1 changed files with 19 additions and 6 deletions
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net/mac80211/status.c
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@ -542,6 +542,23 @@ static void ieee80211_tx_latency_end_msrmnt(struct ieee80211_local *local,
*/ */
#define STA_LOST_PKT_THRESHOLD 50 #define STA_LOST_PKT_THRESHOLD 50
static void ieee80211_lost_packet(struct sta_info *sta, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
/* This packet was aggregated but doesn't carry status info */
if ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU) &&
!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU))
return;
if (++sta->lost_packets < STA_LOST_PKT_THRESHOLD)
return;
cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify(sta->sdata->dev, sta->sta.addr,
sta->lost_packets, GFP_ATOMIC);
sta->lost_packets = 0;
}
void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb) void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
{ {
struct sk_buff *skb2; struct sk_buff *skb2;
@ -680,12 +697,8 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK) { if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK) {
if (sta->lost_packets) if (sta->lost_packets)
sta->lost_packets = 0; sta->lost_packets = 0;
} else if (++sta->lost_packets >= STA_LOST_PKT_THRESHOLD) { } else {
cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify(sta->sdata->dev, ieee80211_lost_packet(sta, skb);
sta->sta.addr,
sta->lost_packets,
GFP_ATOMIC);
sta->lost_packets = 0;
} }
} }