Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: minstrel_ht: improve sample rate selection
From: Felix Fietkau <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:12:22 +0100

Always allow sampling of rates faster than the primary max throughput rate.
When the second max_tp_rate is higher than the first one, sample attempts were
previously skipped, potentially causing rate control to get stuck at a slightly
lower rate

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email-masked]>
---

--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -1379,13 +1379,13 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel
 	mrs = &mg->rates[sample_idx];
 	sample_idx += sample_group * MCS_GROUP_RATES;
 
-	/* Set tp_rate1, tp_rate2 to the highest / second highest max_tp_rate */
+	tp_rate1 = mi->max_tp_rate[0];
+
+	/* Set tp_rate2 to the second highest max_tp_rate */
 	if (minstrel_get_duration(mi->max_tp_rate[0]) >
 	    minstrel_get_duration(mi->max_tp_rate[1])) {
-		tp_rate1 = mi->max_tp_rate[1];
 		tp_rate2 = mi->max_tp_rate[0];
 	} else {
-		tp_rate1 = mi->max_tp_rate[0];
 		tp_rate2 = mi->max_tp_rate[1];
 	}