[Make-wifi-fast] [PATCH v2 1/2] mac80211: Implement Airtime-based Queue Limit (AQL)

[Yibo Zhao]

On 2019-10-10 06:44, Kan Yan wrote:
> Hi  Johannes,
> 
> Thanks for the review and will address all issues you pointed out in
> the next version.
> 
> Hi Yibo,
>> 
>> I assume here the only txq in the list that does not meet AQL check 
>> will
>> not be dequeued. Right? Will it affect peak throughput once there is
>> only one station.
> 
> Yes, the txq won't be picked for transmitting even if it is the only
> active txq if the AQL check failed.  However, this won't affect peak
> throughput. The reason why there are two queue limits is address this
> kind of situation. The higher queue limit ensures the hardware get
> enough frames.

I see, higher queue limit keeps hardware from starvation.
>> 
>> > @@ -3748,10 +3785,10 @@ bool ieee80211_txq_may_transmit(struct
>> > ieee80211_hw *hw,
>> >       struct sta_info *sta;
>> >       u8 ac = txq->ac;
>> >
>> > -     spin_lock_bh(&local->active_txq_lock[ac]);
>> > -
>> >       if (!txqi->txq.sta)
>> > -             goto out;
>> > +             return true;
>> 
>> why return here? I think even a txq without sta info should get 
>> removed
>> from list and added it back later in return_txq() if needed. No?
> Yes, it should be removed from the active list. I will fix that.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kan
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:18 AM Yibo Zhao <yiboz at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
>> > index f13eb2f61ccf..dadb643a5498 100644
>> > --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
>> > +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
>> > @@ -3669,7 +3669,8 @@ struct ieee80211_txq *ieee80211_next_txq(struct
>> > ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 ac)
>> >  {
>> >       struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
>> >       struct ieee80211_txq *ret = NULL;
>> > -     struct txq_info *txqi = NULL;
>> > +     struct txq_info *txqi = NULL, *head = NULL;
>> > +     bool found_eligible_txq = false;
>> >
>> >       spin_lock_bh(&local->active_txq_lock[ac]);
>> >
>> > @@ -3680,20 +3681,32 @@ struct ieee80211_txq
>> > *ieee80211_next_txq(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 ac)
>> >       if (!txqi)
>> >               goto out;
>> >
>> > +     if (txqi == head && !found_eligible_txq)
>> > +             goto out;
>> 
>> I assume here the only txq in the list that does not meet AQL check 
>> will
>> not be dequeued. Right? Will it affect peak throughput once there is
>> only one station.
>> 
>> How about dequeuing it anyway regardless AQL because it is the only 
>> one
>> active now so it is fine to occupy the rest bandwidth. Otherwise, I am
>> afraid next_txq() will return NULL in the test only one station is
>> present.
>> 
>> > @@ -3748,10 +3785,10 @@ bool ieee80211_txq_may_transmit(struct
>> > ieee80211_hw *hw,
>> >       struct sta_info *sta;
>> >       u8 ac = txq->ac;
>> >
>> > -     spin_lock_bh(&local->active_txq_lock[ac]);
>> > -
>> >       if (!txqi->txq.sta)
>> > -             goto out;
>> > +             return true;
>> 
>> why return here? I think even a txq without sta info should get 
>> removed
>> from list and added it back later in return_txq() if needed. No?
>> 
>> > +
>> > +     spin_lock_bh(&local->active_txq_lock[ac]);
>> >
>> >       if (list_empty(&txqi->schedule_order))
>> >               goto out;
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Yibo

-- 
Yibo