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2021-02-12dt-bindings: usb: mediatek: musb: add mt8516 compatbileChunfeng Yun
Add support mt8516 compatbile Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210201070016.41721-8-chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12dt-bindings: usb: mtk-xhci: add compatible for mt2701 and mt7623Chunfeng Yun
Add two compatible for mt2701 and mt7623; Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210201070016.41721-7-chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12dt-bindings: usb: mtk-xhci: add optional assigned clock propertiesChunfeng Yun
Add optional property "assigned-clock" and "assigned-clock-parents" used by mt7629. Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210201070016.41721-6-chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12Documentation: connector: Update the description of sink-vdosKyle Tso
Remove the acronym "VDM" and replace it with the full name "Vendor Defined Message". Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Kyle Tso <kyletso@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210212073743.665038-1-kyletso@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/vdso' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
vDSO build improvements. * for-next/vdso: arm64: Support running gen_vdso_offsets.sh with BSD userland. arm64: do not descend to vdso directories twice
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/topology' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Cleanup to the AMU support code and initialisation rework to support cpufreq drivers built as modules. * for-next/topology: arm64: topology: Make AMUs work with modular cpufreq drivers arm64: topology: Reorder init_amu_fie() a bit arm64: topology: Avoid the have_policy check
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/stacktrace' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Remove synthetic frame record from exception stack when entering from userspace. * for-next/stacktrace: arm64: remove EL0 exception frame record
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/selftests' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Trivial cleanup to one of the MTE selftests. * for-next/selftests: arm64: mte: style: Simplify bool comparison
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/rng' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Add support for the TRNG firmware call introduced by Arm spec DEN0098. * for-next/rng: arm64: Add support for SMCCC TRNG entropy source firmware: smccc: Introduce SMCCC TRNG framework firmware: smccc: Add SMCCC TRNG function call IDs
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/random' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Avoid calling arch_get_random_seed_long() from add_interrupt_randomness() as this can result in a firmware call on some arm64 systems. * for-next/random: random: avoid arch_get_random_seed_long() when collecting IRQ randomness
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/perf' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Perf and PMU updates including support for Cortex-A78 and the v8.3 SPE extensions. * for-next/perf: drivers/perf: Replace spin_lock_irqsave to spin_lock dt-bindings: arm: add Cortex-A78 binding arm64: perf: add support for Cortex-A78 arm64: perf: Constify static attribute_group structs drivers/perf: Prevent forced unbinding of ARM_DMC620_PMU drivers perf/arm-cmn: Move IRQs when migrating context perf/arm-cmn: Fix PMU instance naming perf: Constify static struct attribute_group perf: hisi: Constify static struct attribute_group perf/imx_ddr: Constify static struct attribute_group perf: qcom: Constify static struct attribute_group drivers/perf: Add support for ARMv8.3-SPE
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/misc' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Miscellaneous arm64 changes for 5.12. * for-next/misc: arm64: Make CPU_BIG_ENDIAN depend on ld.bfd or ld.lld 13.0.0+ arm64: vmlinux.ld.S: add assertion for tramp_pg_dir offset arm64: vmlinux.ld.S: add assertion for reserved_pg_dir offset arm64/ptdump:display the Linear Mapping start marker arm64: ptrace: Fix missing return in hw breakpoint code KVM: arm64: Move __hyp_set_vectors out of .hyp.text arm64: Include linux/io.h in mm/mmap.c arm64: cacheflush: Remove stale comment arm64: mm: Remove unused header file arm64/sparsemem: reduce SECTION_SIZE_BITS arm64/mm: Add warning for outside range requests in vmemmap_populate() arm64: Drop workaround for broken 'S' constraint with GCC 4.9
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/kexec' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Significant steps along the road to leaving the MMU enabled during kexec relocation. * for-next/kexec: arm64: hibernate: add __force attribute to gfp_t casting arm64: kexec: arm64_relocate_new_kernel don't use x0 as temp arm64: kexec: arm64_relocate_new_kernel clean-ups and optimizations arm64: kexec: call kexec_image_info only once arm64: kexec: move relocation function setup arm64: trans_pgd: hibernate: idmap the single page that holds the copy page routines arm64: mm: Always update TCR_EL1 from __cpu_set_tcr_t0sz() arm64: trans_pgd: pass NULL instead of init_mm to *_populate functions arm64: trans_pgd: pass allocator trans_pgd_create_copy arm64: trans_pgd: make trans_pgd_map_page generic arm64: hibernate: move page handling function to new trans_pgd.c arm64: hibernate: variable pudp is used instead of pd4dp arm64: kexec: make dtb_mem always enabled
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/faultaround' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Initialise prefaulted PTEs as 'old' for arm64 when hardware access-flag updates are supported, which drastically improves vmscan performance. * for-next/faultaround: mm: filemap: Fix microblaze build failure with 'mmu_defconfig' mm/nommu: Fix return type of filemap_map_pages() mm: Mark anonymous struct field of 'struct vm_fault' as 'const' mm: Use static initialisers for immutable fields of 'struct vm_fault' mm: Avoid modifying vmf.address in __collapse_huge_page_swapin() mm: Pass 'address' to map to do_set_pte() and drop FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT mm: Move immutable fields of 'struct vm_fault' into anonymous struct arm64: mm: Implement arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte() mm: Allow architectures to request 'old' entries when prefaulting mm: Cleanup faultaround and finish_fault() codepaths
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/errata' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Rework of the workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum 1463225 to fit in better with the ongoing exception entry cleanups and changes to the detection code for Cortex-A55 erratum 1024718 since it applies to all revisions of the silicon. * for-next/errata: arm64: entry: consolidate Cortex-A76 erratum 1463225 workaround arm64: Extend workaround for erratum 1024718 to all versions of Cortex-A55
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/crypto' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Introduce a new macro to allow yielding the vector unit if preemption is required. The initial users of this are being merged via the crypto tree for 5.12. * for-next/crypto: arm64: assembler: add cond_yield macro
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/cpufeature' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Support for overriding CPU ID register fields on the command-line, which allows us to disable certain features which the kernel would otherwise use unconditionally when detected. * for-next/cpufeature: (22 commits) arm64: cpufeatures: Allow disabling of Pointer Auth from the command-line arm64: Defer enabling pointer authentication on boot core arm64: cpufeatures: Allow disabling of BTI from the command-line arm64: Move "nokaslr" over to the early cpufeature infrastructure KVM: arm64: Document HVC_VHE_RESTART stub hypercall arm64: Make kvm-arm.mode={nvhe, protected} an alias of id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0 arm64: Add an aliasing facility for the idreg override arm64: Honor VHE being disabled from the command-line arm64: Allow ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1.VH to be overridden from the command line arm64: cpufeature: Add an early command-line cpufeature override facility arm64: Extract early FDT mapping from kaslr_early_init() arm64: cpufeature: Use IDreg override in __read_sysreg_by_encoding() arm64: cpufeature: Add global feature override facility arm64: Move SCTLR_EL1 initialisation to EL-agnostic code arm64: Simplify init_el2_state to be non-VHE only arm64: Move VHE-specific SPE setup to mutate_to_vhe() arm64: Drop early setting of MDSCR_EL2.TPMS arm64: Initialise as nVHE before switching to VHE arm64: Provide an 'upgrade to VHE' stub hypercall arm64: Turn the MMU-on sequence into a macro ...
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-next/cosmetic' into for-next/coreWill Deacon
Cosmetic changes to tidy up stale comments and fix inconsistent whitespace. No functional changes here! * for-next/cosmetic: mm/arm64: Correct obsolete comment in do_page_fault() arm64: improve whitespace
2021-02-12ACPI: property: Satisfy kernel doc validator (part 2)Andy Shevchenko
CHECK drivers/acpi/property.c warning: Function parameter or member '__fwnode' not described in 'acpi_graph_get_remote_endpoint' warning: Excess function parameter 'fwnode' description in 'acpi_graph_get_remote_endpoint' warning: Excess function parameter 'endpoint' description in 'acpi_graph_get_remote_endpoint' Fixes: 0ef7478639c5 ("ACPI: property: Make the ACPI graph API private") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2021-02-12ACPI: property: Satisfy kernel doc validator (part 1)Andy Shevchenko
CHECK drivers/acpi/property.c warning: Function parameter or member 'data' not described in 'acpi_data_get_property_array' warning: Excess function parameter 'adev' description in 'acpi_data_get_property_array' Fixes: 3a7a2ab839ad ("ACPI / property: Extend fwnode_property_* to data-only subnodes") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2021-02-12ACPI: property: Make acpi_node_prop_read() staticAndy Shevchenko
There is no users outside of property.c. No need to export acpi_node_prop_read(), hence make it static. Fixes: 3708184afc77 ("device property: Move FW type specific functionality to FW specific files") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2021-02-12ACPI: property: Remove dead codeAndy Shevchenko
After the commit 3a7a2ab839ad couple of functions became a dead code. Moreover, for all these years nobody used them. Remove. Fixes: 3a7a2ab839ad ("ACPI / property: Extend fwnode_property_* to data-only subnodes") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2021-02-12btrfs: initialize fs_info::csum_size earlier in open_ctreeSu Yue
User reported that btrfs-progs misc-tests/028-superblock-recover fails: [TEST/misc] 028-superblock-recover unexpected success: mounted fs with corrupted superblock test failed for case 028-superblock-recover The test case expects that a broken image with bad superblock will be rejected to be mounted. However, the test image just passed csum check of superblock and was successfully mounted. Commit 55fc29bed8dd ("btrfs: use cached value of fs_info::csum_size everywhere") replaces all calls to btrfs_super_csum_size by fs_info::csum_size. The calls include the place where fs_info->csum_size is not initialized. So btrfs_check_super_csum() passes because memcmp() with len 0 always returns 0. Fix it by caching csum size in btrfs_fs_info::csum_size once we know the csum type in superblock is valid in open_ctree(). Link: https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/250 Fixes: 55fc29bed8dd ("btrfs: use cached value of fs_info::csum_size everywhere") Signed-off-by: Su Yue <l@damenly.su> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2021-02-12ACPI: property: Fix fwnode string properties matchingRafael J. Wysocki
Property matching does not work for ACPI fwnodes if the value of the given property is not represented as a package in the _DSD package containing it. For example, the "compatible" property in the _DSD below Name (_DSD, Package () { ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"), Package () { Package () {"compatible", "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45"} } }) will not be found by fwnode_property_match_string(), because the ACPI code handling device properties does not regard the single value as a "list" in that case. Namely, fwnode_property_match_string() invoked to match a given string property value first calls fwnode_property_read_string_array() with the last two arguments equal to NULL and 0, respectively, in order to count the items in the value of the given property, with the assumption that this value may be an array. For ACPI fwnodes, that operation is carried out by acpi_node_prop_read() which calls acpi_data_prop_read() for this purpose. However, when the return (val) pointer is NULL, that function only looks for a property whose value is a package without checking the single-value case at all. To fix that, make acpi_data_prop_read() check the single-value case if its return pointer argument is NULL and modify acpi_data_prop_read_single() handling that case to attempt to read the value of the property if the return pointer is NULL and return 1 if that succeeds. Fixes: 3708184afc77 ("device property: Move FW type specific functionality to FW specific files") Reported-by: Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@oss.nxp.com> Cc: 4.13+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.13+ Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
2021-02-12Merge branch 'x86/cleanups' into x86/mmIngo Molnar
Merge recent cleanups to the x86 MM code to resolve a conflict. Conflicts: arch/x86/mm/fault.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2021-02-12io_uring: don't split out consume out of SQE getPavel Begunkov
Remove io_consume_sqe() and inline it back into io_get_sqe(). It requires req dealloc on error, but in exchange we get cleaner io_submit_sqes() and better locality for cached_sq_head. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-02-12io_uring: save ctx put/get for task_work submitPavel Begunkov
Do a little trick in io_ring_ctx_free() briefly taking uring_lock, that will wait for everyone currently holding it, so we can skip pinning ctx with ctx->refs for __io_req_task_submit(), which is executed and loses its refs/reqs while holding the lock. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-02-12io_uring: don't duplicate io_req_task_queue()Pavel Begunkov
Don't hand code io_req_task_queue() inside of io_async_buf_func(), just call it. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-02-12io_uring: optimise SQPOLL mm/files grabbingPavel Begunkov
There are two reasons for this. First is to optimise io_sq_thread_acquire_mm_files() for non-SQPOLL case, which currently do too many checks and function calls in the hot path, e.g. in io_init_req(). The second is to not grab mm/files when there are not needed. As __io_queue_sqe() issues only one request now, we can reuse io_sq_thread_acquire_mm_files() instead of unconditional acquire mm/files. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-02-12io_uring: optimise out unlikely link queuePavel Begunkov
__io_queue_sqe() tries to issue as much requests of a link as it can, and uses io_put_req_find_next() to extract a next one, targeting inline completed requests. As now __io_queue_sqe() is always used together with struct io_comp_state, it leaves next propagation only a small window and only for async reqs, that doesn't justify its existence. Remove it, make __io_queue_sqe() to issue only a head request. It simplifies the code and will allow other optimisations. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-02-12io_uring: take compl state from submit statePavel Begunkov
Completion and submission states are now coupled together, it's weird to get one from argument and another from ctx, do it consistently for io_req_free_batch(). It's also faster as we already have @state cached in registers. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-mingo-nolibc' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu Pull nolibc fixes from Paul E. McKenney. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-mingo-rcu' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney: - Documentation updates. - Miscellaneous fixes. - kfree_rcu() updates: Addition of mem_dump_obj() to provide allocator return addresses to more easily locate bugs. This has a couple of RCU-related commits, but is mostly MM. Was pulled in with akpm's agreement. - Per-callback-batch tracking of numbers of callbacks, which enables better debugging information and smarter reactions to large numbers of callbacks. - The first round of changes to allow CPUs to be runtime switched from and to callback-offloaded state. - CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT-related changes. - RCU CPU stall warning updates. - Addition of polling grace-period APIs for SRCU. - Torture-test and torture-test scripting updates, including a "torture everything" script that runs rcutorture, locktorture, scftorture, rcuscale, and refscale. Plus does an allmodconfig build. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-mingo-lkmm' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into locking/core Pull LKMM updates from Paul E. McKenney. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2021-02-12Merge branch 'for-mingo-kcsan' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into locking/core Pull KCSAN updates from Paul E. McKenney: "Kernel concurrency sanitizer (KCSAN) updates from Marco Elver." Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2021-02-12Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to pick up upstream fixesIngo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2021-02-12i2c: stm32f7: fix configuration of the digital filterAlain Volmat
The digital filter related computation are present in the driver however the programming of the filter within the IP is missing. The maximum value for the DNF is wrong and should be 15 instead of 16. Fixes: aeb068c57214 ("i2c: i2c-stm32f7: add driver") Signed-off-by: Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@foss.st.com> Signed-off-by: Pierre-Yves MORDRET <pierre-yves.mordret@foss.st.com> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org>
2021-02-12nl80211: add documentation for HT/VHT/HE disable attributesJohannes Berg
These were missed earlier, add the necessary documentation and, while at it, clarify it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210212105023.895c3389f063.I46dea3bfc64385bc6f600c50d294007510994f8f@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2021-02-12staging: greybus: Fixed alignment issue in hid.cPritthijit Nath
This change fixes a checkpatch CHECK style issue for "Alignment should match open parenthesis". Signed-off-by: Pritthijit Nath <pritthijit.nath@icloud.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210212081835.9497-1-pritthijit.nath@icloud.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12staging: wfx: remove unused included header filesMuhammad Usama Anjum
Many header files have been included, but never used. Those header files have been removed. Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210211143637.GA177425@LEGION Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12staging: nvec: minor coding style fixFatih Yildirim
Fix for the below coding style warning. Warning: Move const after static - use 'static const int' Signed-off-by: Fatih Yildirim <yildirim.fatih@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210212073423.20562-1-yildirim.fatih@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12staging: wimax: Fix some coding style problemHemansh Agnihotri
This fixes checkpatch error "open brace '{' following struct go on the same line" in file drivers/staging/wimax/i2400m/rx.c . Signed-off-by: Hemansh Agnihotri <hemanshagnihotri27@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210212033256.2116-1-hemanshagnihotri27@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12staging: fbtft: add tearing signal detectCarlis
For st7789v IC, when we need continuous full screen refresh, it is best to wait for the tearing effect line signal to arrive to avoid screen tearing. Signed-off-by: Carlis <zhangxuezhi1@yulong.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1612706517-124617-1-git-send-email-zhangxuezhi3@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12staging: vt6656: Fixed issue with alignment in rf.cPritthijit Nath
This change fixes a checkpatch CHECK style issue for "Alignment should match open parenthesis". Signed-off-by: Pritthijit Nath <pritthijit.nath@icloud.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210211213715.7386-1-pritthijit.nath@icloud.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-02-12cfg80211/mac80211: Support disabling HE modeBen Greear
Allow user to disable HE mode, similar to how VHT and HT can be disabled. Useful for testing. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210204144610.25971-1-greearb@candelatech.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2021-02-12mac80211: add STBC encoding to ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotapPhilipp Borgers
This patch adds support for STBC encoding to the radiotap tx parse function. Prior to this change adding the STBC flag to the radiotap header did not encode frames with STBC. Signed-off-by: Philipp Borgers <borgers@mi.fu-berlin.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210125150744.83065-1-borgers@mi.fu-berlin.de [use u8_get_bits/u32_encode_bits instead of manually shifting] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2021-02-12mac80211: minstrel_ht: remove sample rate switching code for constrained devicesFelix Fietkau
This was added to mitigate the effects of too much sampling on devices that use a static global fallback table instead of configurable multi-rate retry. Now that the sampling algorithm is improved, this code path no longer performs any better than the standard probing on affected devices. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210127055735.78599-6-nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2021-02-12mac80211: minstrel_ht: show sampling rates in debugfsFelix Fietkau
This makes it easier to see what rates are going to be tested next Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210127055735.78599-5-nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2021-02-12mac80211: minstrel_ht: significantly redesign the rate probing strategyFelix Fietkau
The biggest flaw in current minstrel_ht is the fact that it needs way too many probing packets to be able to quickly find the best rate. Depending on the wifi hardware and operating mode, this can significantly reduce throughput when not operating at the highest available data rate. In order to be able to significantly reduce the amount of rate sampling, we need a much smarter selection of probing rates. The new approach introduced by this patch maintains a limited set of available rates to be tested during a statistics window. They are split into distinct categories: - MINSTREL_SAMPLE_TYPE_INC - incremental rate upgrade: Pick the next rate group and find the first rate that is faster than the current max. throughput rate - MINSTREL_SAMPLE_TYPE_JUMP - random testing of higher rates: Pick a random rate from the next group that is faster than the current max throughput rate. This allows faster adaptation when the link changes significantly - MINSTREL_SAMPLE_TYPE_SLOW - test a rate between max_prob, max_tp2 and max_tp in order to reduce the gap between them In order to prioritize sampling, every 6 attempts are split into 3x INC, 2x JUMP, 1x SLOW. Available rates are checked and refilled on every stats window update. With this approach, we finally get a very small delta in throughput when comparing setting the optimal data rate as a fixed rate vs normal rate control operation. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210127055735.78599-4-nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2021-02-12mac80211: minstrel_ht: reduce the need to sample slower ratesFelix Fietkau
In order to more gracefully be able to fall back to lower rates without too much throughput fluctuations, initialize all untested rates below tested ones to the maximum probabilty of higher rates. Usually this leads to untested lower rates getting initialized with a probability value of 100%, making them better candidates for fallback without having to rely on random probing Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210127055735.78599-3-nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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