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[4/7] batman-adv: ELP - use wifi tx bitrate as fallback throughput

Message ID 20200114142351.26622-5-sw@simonwunderlich.de (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable, archived
Delegated to: Simon Wunderlich
Headers
Series [1/7] batman-adv: Start new development cycle |

Commit Message

Simon Wunderlich Jan. 14, 2020, 2:23 p.m. UTC 
  From: René Treffer <treffer@measite.de>

Some wifi drivers (e.g. ath10k) provide per-station rx/tx values but no
estimated throughput. Setting a better estimate than the default 1 MBit
makes these devices work well with B.A.T.M.A.N. V.

Signed-off-by: René Treffer <treffer@measite.de>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
---
 net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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Patch

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
index 2614a9caee00..6536e8cc53a0 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
@@ -107,10 +107,17 @@  static u32 batadv_v_elp_get_throughput(struct batadv_hardif_neigh_node *neigh)
 		}
 		if (ret)
 			goto default_throughput;
-		if (!(sinfo.filled & BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_EXPECTED_THROUGHPUT)))
-			goto default_throughput;
 
-		return sinfo.expected_throughput / 100;
+		if (sinfo.filled & BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_EXPECTED_THROUGHPUT))
+			return sinfo.expected_throughput / 100;
+
+		/* try to estimate the expected throughput based on reported tx
+		 * rates
+		 */
+		if (sinfo.filled & BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE))
+			return cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(&sinfo.txrate) / 3;
+
+		goto default_throughput;
 	}
 
 	/* if not a wifi interface, check if this device provides data via