lwn.git/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht_debugfs.c, branch doc/4.8-fixes

mac80211: minstrel[_ht]: remove non-ascii debugfs characters

2015-09-29T13:56:47+00:00

Replace the average symbol by "avg" to avoid being warned about the non-ASCII symbol all the time, line up the columns properly. (I changed my mind - the warnings are getting annoying) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add standard deviation to Minstrel stats

2015-04-01T18:44:33+00:00

This patch adds the statistical descriptor "standard deviation" to better describe the current properties of Minstrel and Minstrel-HTs success probability distribution. The standard deviation (SD) is calculated as exponential weighted moving standard deviation (EWMSD) and its current value is added as new column in all rc_stats (in debugfs). Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn Acked-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add max lossless throughput per rate

2015-04-01T18:44:32+00:00

This patch adds the new statistic "maximum possible lossless throughput" to Minstrels and Minstrel-HTs rc_stats (in debugfs). This enables comprehensive comparison between current per-rate throughput and max. achievable per-rate throughput. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn Acked-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: restructure per-rate throughput calculation into function

2015-04-01T18:44:32+00:00

This patch moves Minstrels and Minstrel-HTs per-rate throughput calculation (EWMA(thr)) into a dedicated function to be called. Therefore the variable "unsigned int cur_tp" within struct "minstrel_rate_stats" becomes obsolete. and is removed to free up its space. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn Acked-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: improve Minstrel variable & function naming

2015-04-01T18:44:31+00:00

This patch ensures a consistent usage of variable names for type "minstrel_rate_stats" to be used as "mrs" and from type minstrel_rate as "mr" across both Minstrel & Minstrel-HT. In addition some variable and function names got changed to more meaningful ones. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn Acked-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: add new Minstrel-HT statistic output via csv

2015-04-01T18:44:26+00:00

This patch adds a new debugfs file "rc_stats_csv" to output Minstrel-HTs statistics in a common csv format that is easy to parse. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn Signed-off-by: Stefan Venz Acked-by: Felix Fietkau [remove printing current time of day] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: enhance readability of Minstrel-HTs rc_stats output

2015-04-01T09:22:39+00:00

This patch restructures the rc_stats debugfs table of Minstrel-HT in order to achieve better human readability. A new layout of the statistics and a new header is added. In addition to the old layout there are two new columns of information added: idx - representing the rate index of each rate in mac80211 which can be used to set specific rates as fixed rate via debugfs airtime - the tx-time in micro seconds that a 1200 Byte packet takes to be transmitted over the air at the given rate The old layout of rc_stats: type rate tpt eprob *prob ret *ok(*cum) ok( cum) HT20/LGI MCS0 5.6 100.0 100.0 1 0( 0) 1( 1) HT20/LGI B MCS1 10.5 100.0 100.0 0 0( 0) 1( 1) HT20/LGI A MCS2 14.8 100.0 100.0 0 0( 0) 1( 1) ... is changed into this new layout: best ________rate______ __statistics__ ________last_______ ______sum-of________ mode guard # rate [name idx airtime] [ ø(tp) ø(prob)] [prob.|retry|suc|att] [#success | #attempts] HT20 LGI 1 MCS0 0 1480 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 HT20 LGI 1 B MCS1 1 740 10.5 100.0 100.0 0 0 0 1 1 HT20 LGI 1 A MCS2 2 496 14.8 100.0 100.0 0 0 0 1 1 ... Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn Signed-off-by: Stefan Venz Acked-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: minstrel_ht: use group flags instead of index to display rates

2014-10-23T18:36:13+00:00

When displaying a rate through debugfs minstrel_ht guesses its flags comparing group indexes. Since 3ec373c421b6 ("mac80211: minstrel_ht: include type (cck/ht) in rates flag"), the rate flags of interest are present in the mcs_group-s, so use it. While improving the code, this also fixes a smatch false positive "error: testing array offset 'i' after use" in minstrel_ht_stats_dump. This warning only triggers after 9208247d74bc ("mac80211: minstrel_ht: add basic support for VHT rates <= 3SS@80MHz") with CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_VHT unset because then MINSTREL_VHT_GROUP_0 is above MINSTREL_GROUPS_NB and smatch only barks when the "testing array offset" seems to prevent possible out of bonds accesses (which does not happen here since i < ARRAY_SIZE(mi->groups)). Signed-off-by: Karl Beldan Cc: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: minstrel_ht: add basic support for VHT rates <= 3SS@80MHz

2014-10-21T11:25:26+00:00

When the new CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_VHT is not set (default 'N'), there is no behavioral change including in sampling and MCS_GROUP_RATES remains 8. Otherwise MCS_GROUP_RATES is 10, and a module parameter *vht_only* (default 'true'), restricts the rates selection to VHT when VHT is supported. Regarding the debugfs stats buffer: It is explicitly increased from 8k to 32k to fit every rates incl. when both HT and VHT rates are enabled, as for the format, before: type rate tpt eprob *prob ret *ok(*cum) ok( cum) HT20/LGI ABCDP MCS0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0( 0) 0( 0) after: type rate tpt eprob *prob ret *ok(*cum) ok( cum) HT20/LGI ABCDP MCS0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0( 0) 0( 0) VHT40/LGI MCS5/2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0( 0) 0( 0) Signed-off-by: Karl Beldan Cc: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

mac80211: minstrel_ht: macros adjustments for future VHT_GROUPs

2014-10-20T19:39:35+00:00

No functional change. Signed-off-by: Karl Beldan Cc: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg