ath9k: Change rateset calculation

Commit "ath9k: Change rate control to use legacy rate as last MRR"
resulted in the mixing of HT/legacy rates in a single rateset,
which is undesirable. Revert this behavior.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
index 2e517c0edccdb4d992dd403ab53eaf5f2c38638c..e8f8e3d735743fce7eea169af62b50262e576f78 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -582,8 +582,7 @@ static u8 ath_rc_setvalid_htrates(struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv)
 }
 
 static u8 ath_rc_get_highest_rix(struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv,
-                                int *is_probing,
-                                bool legacy)
+                                int *is_probing)
 {
        const struct ath_rate_table *rate_table = ath_rc_priv->rate_table;
        u32 best_thruput, this_thruput, now_msec;
@@ -605,8 +604,6 @@ static u8 ath_rc_get_highest_rix(struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv,
                u8 per_thres;
 
                rate = ath_rc_priv->valid_rate_index[index];
-               if (legacy && !(rate_table->info[rate].rate_flags & RC_LEGACY))
-                       continue;
                if (rate > ath_rc_priv->rate_max_phy)
                        continue;
 
@@ -770,7 +767,7 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
        try_per_rate = 4;
 
        rate_table = ath_rc_priv->rate_table;
-       rix = ath_rc_get_highest_rix(ath_rc_priv, &is_probe, false);
+       rix = ath_rc_get_highest_rix(ath_rc_priv, &is_probe);
 
        if (conf_is_ht(&sc->hw->conf) &&
            (sta->ht_cap.cap & IEEE80211_HT_CAP_LDPC_CODING))
@@ -804,7 +801,13 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
                                       try_per_rate, rix, 0);
        }
 
-       for ( ; i < 3; i++) {
+       for ( ; i < 4; i++) {
+               /*
+                * Use twice the number of tries for the last MRR segment.
+                */
+               if (i + 1 == 4)
+                       try_per_rate = 8;
+
                ath_rc_get_lower_rix(ath_rc_priv, rix, &rix);
 
                /*
@@ -814,26 +817,6 @@ static void ath_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
                                       try_per_rate, rix, 1);
        }
 
-       /*
-        * Use twice the number of tries for the last MRR segment.
-        */
-       try_per_rate = 8;
-
-       /*
-        * If the last rate in the rate series is MCS and has
-        * more than 80% of per thresh, then use a legacy rate
-        * as last retry to ensure that the frame is tried in both
-        * MCS and legacy rate.
-        */
-       ath_rc_get_lower_rix(ath_rc_priv, rix, &rix);
-
-       if (WLAN_RC_PHY_HT(rate_table->info[rix].phy) &&
-           (ath_rc_priv->per[rix] > 45))
-               rix = ath_rc_get_highest_rix(ath_rc_priv, &is_probe, true);
-
-       /* All other rates in the series have RTS enabled */
-       ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i], txrc,
-                              try_per_rate, rix, 1);
        /*
         * NB:Change rate series to enable aggregation when operating
         * at lower MCS rates. When first rate in series is MCS2