From ed816f6ba8b5e3df609e5fc53f7bcb09bdaa16be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bauer Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 12:04:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: always use mac80211 loss detection ath10k does not report excessive loss in case of broken block-ack sessions. The loss is communicated to the host-os, but ath10k does not trigger a low-ack events by itself. The mac80211 framework for loss detection however detects this circumstance well in case of ath10k. So use it regardless of ath10k's own loss detection mechanism. Signed-off-by: David Bauer --- ...1-always-use-mac80211-loss-detection.patch | 36 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/340-mac80211-always-use-mac80211-loss-detection.patch diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/340-mac80211-always-use-mac80211-loss-detection.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/340-mac80211-always-use-mac80211-loss-detection.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e084773fd9 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/340-mac80211-always-use-mac80211-loss-detection.patch @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +From cdf461888f900c3a149b10a04d72b4a590ecdec3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: David Bauer +Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 23:11:32 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: always use mac80211 loss detection + +ath10k does not report excessive loss in case of broken block-ack +sessions. The loss is communicated to the host-os, but ath10k does not +trigger a low-ack events by itself. + +The mac80211 framework for loss detection however detects this +circumstance well in case of ath10k. So use it regardless of ath10k's +own loss detection mechanism. + +Patching this in mac80211 does allow this hack to be used with any +flavor of ath10k/ath11k. + +Signed-off-by: David Bauer +--- + net/mac80211/status.c | 6 ------ + 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) + +--- a/net/mac80211/status.c ++++ b/net/mac80211/status.c +@@ -794,12 +794,6 @@ static void ieee80211_lost_packet(struct + unsigned long pkt_time = STA_LOST_PKT_TIME; + unsigned int pkt_thr = STA_LOST_PKT_THRESHOLD; + +- /* If driver relies on its own algorithm for station kickout, skip +- * mac80211 packet loss mechanism. +- */ +- if (ieee80211_hw_check(&sta->local->hw, REPORTS_LOW_ACK)) +- return; +- + /* This packet was aggregated but doesn't carry status info */ + if ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU) && + !(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU)) -- 2.30.2