]> err.no Git - linux-2.6/commitdiff
the scheduled rc80211-simple.c removal
authorAdrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Tue, 4 Mar 2008 23:26:15 +0000 (15:26 -0800)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:02:31 +0000 (16:02 -0400)
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
net/mac80211/Kconfig
net/mac80211/Makefile
net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.h
net/mac80211/rc80211_simple.c [deleted file]

index 2cf4d7ad7b0bfe41158def216dbbec255be8d6f3..7279595b96c3e031e6906ca6187fbc5dc0b080c3 100644 (file)
@@ -230,16 +230,6 @@ Who:       Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:  rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211
-When:  2.6.26
-Files: net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c
-Why:   This algorithm was provided for reference but always exhibited bad
-       responsiveness and performance and has some serious flaws. It has been
-       replaced by rc80211-pid.
-Who:   Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
-
----------------------------
-
 What (Why):
        - include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h ipt_tos.h header files
          (superseded by xt_TOS/xt_tos target & match)
index 3c3f62faae1e7158a16f5cab3d756bdb50880240..520a5180a4f6f074a4849addb4a96c2fc698efaf 100644 (file)
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
          default rate control algorithm. You should choose
          this unless you know what you are doing.
 
-config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
-       bool "Simple rate control algorithm"
-       select MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
-       ---help---
-         Select the simple rate control as the default rate
-         control algorithm. Note that this is a non-responsive,
-         dumb algorithm. You should choose the PID rate control
-         instead.
-
 config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_NONE
        bool "No default algorithm"
        depends on EMBEDDED
@@ -57,7 +48,6 @@ comment "build the algorithm into mac80211."
 config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
        string
        default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
-       default "simple" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
        default ""
 
 config MAC80211_RC_PID
@@ -70,15 +60,6 @@ config MAC80211_RC_PID
          Say Y or M unless you're sure you want to use a
          different rate control algorithm.
 
-config MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
-       tristate "Simple rate control algorithm (DEPRECATED)"
-       ---help---
-         This option enables a very simple, non-responsive TX
-         rate control algorithm. This algorithm is deprecated
-         and will be removed from the kernel in the near future.
-         It has been replaced by the PID algorithm.
-
-         Say N unless you know what you are doing.
 endmenu
 
 config MAC80211_MESH
index 829ce4256b76135a48621b6021f4c620aab55a48..70f4b26c2d872d6859a87ce0f044d571259612ee 100644 (file)
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ mac80211-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH) += \
 
 
 # Build rate control algorithm(s)
-CFLAGS_rc80211_simple.o += -DRC80211_SIMPLE_COMPILE
 CFLAGS_rc80211_pid_algo.o += -DRC80211_PID_COMPILE
-mac80211-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE) += rc80211_simple.o
 mac80211-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID) += $(rc-pid-$(CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID))
 
 # Modular rate algorithms are assigned to mac80211-m - make separate modules
index 484b063a353835b6abc0f877ecf66f40ffc02511..55b63712e48ca6bfec4ba06541a92b1ce3ca96e5 100644 (file)
@@ -1803,13 +1803,9 @@ static int __init ieee80211_init(void)
 
        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ieee80211_tx_packet_data) > sizeof(skb->cb));
 
-       ret = rc80211_simple_init();
-       if (ret)
-               goto out;
-
        ret = rc80211_pid_init();
        if (ret)
-               goto out_cleanup_simple;
+               goto out;
 
        ret = ieee80211_wme_register();
        if (ret) {
@@ -1824,15 +1820,12 @@ static int __init ieee80211_init(void)
 
  out_cleanup_pid:
        rc80211_pid_exit();
- out_cleanup_simple:
-       rc80211_simple_exit();
  out:
        return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit ieee80211_exit(void)
 {
-       rc80211_simple_exit();
        rc80211_pid_exit();
 
        if (mesh_allocated)
index bfd0a1982e4a45d73d1a000b345d74a65d55dc3a..5b45f33cb7663364f537d1316478d3b39835a446 100644 (file)
@@ -171,21 +171,6 @@ void rate_control_deinitialize(struct ieee80211_local *local);
 
 
 /* Rate control algorithms */
-#if defined(RC80211_SIMPLE_COMPILE) || \
-       (defined(CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE) && \
-        !defined(CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE_MODULE))
-extern int rc80211_simple_init(void);
-extern void rc80211_simple_exit(void);
-#else
-static inline int rc80211_simple_init(void)
-{
-       return 0;
-}
-static inline void rc80211_simple_exit(void)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
 #if defined(RC80211_PID_COMPILE) || \
        (defined(CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID) && \
         !defined(CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID_MODULE))
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_simple.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_simple.c
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 4f72fdc..0000000
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,394 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2005, Instant802 Networks, Inc.
- * Copyright 2005, Devicescape Software, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-
-#include <linux/jiffies.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/netdevice.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/skbuff.h>
-#include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-
-#include <net/mac80211.h>
-#include "ieee80211_i.h"
-#include "ieee80211_rate.h"
-#include "debugfs.h"
-
-
-/* This is a minimal implementation of TX rate controlling that can be used
- * as the default when no improved mechanisms are available. */
-
-#define RATE_CONTROL_NUM_DOWN 20
-#define RATE_CONTROL_NUM_UP   15
-
-#define RATE_CONTROL_EMERG_DEC 2
-#define RATE_CONTROL_INTERVAL (HZ / 20)
-#define RATE_CONTROL_MIN_TX 10
-
-static void rate_control_rate_inc(struct ieee80211_local *local,
-                                 struct sta_info *sta)
-{
-       struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
-       struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
-       int i = sta->txrate_idx;
-       int maxrate;
-
-       sdata = sta->sdata;
-       if (sdata->bss && sdata->bss->force_unicast_rateidx > -1) {
-               /* forced unicast rate - do not change STA rate */
-               return;
-       }
-
-       sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
-       maxrate = sdata->bss ? sdata->bss->max_ratectrl_rateidx : -1;
-
-       if (i > sband->n_bitrates)
-               i = sband->n_bitrates - 2;
-
-       while (i + 1 < sband->n_bitrates) {
-               i++;
-               if (rate_supported(sta, sband->band, i) &&
-                   (maxrate < 0 || i <= maxrate)) {
-                       sta->txrate_idx = i;
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
-}
-
-
-static void rate_control_rate_dec(struct ieee80211_local *local,
-                                 struct sta_info *sta)
-{
-       struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
-       struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
-       int i = sta->txrate_idx;
-
-       sdata = sta->sdata;
-       if (sdata->bss && sdata->bss->force_unicast_rateidx > -1) {
-               /* forced unicast rate - do not change STA rate */
-               return;
-       }
-
-       sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
-       if (i > sband->n_bitrates)
-               i = sband->n_bitrates;
-
-       while (i > 0) {
-               i--;
-               if (rate_supported(sta, sband->band, i)) {
-                       sta->txrate_idx = i;
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
-}
-
-struct global_rate_control {
-       int dummy;
-};
-
-struct sta_rate_control {
-       unsigned long last_rate_change;
-       u32 tx_num_failures;
-       u32 tx_num_xmit;
-
-       unsigned long avg_rate_update;
-       u32 tx_avg_rate_sum;
-       u32 tx_avg_rate_num;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
-       struct dentry *tx_avg_rate_sum_dentry;
-       struct dentry *tx_avg_rate_num_dentry;
-#endif
-};
-
-
-static void rate_control_simple_tx_status(void *priv, struct net_device *dev,
-                                         struct sk_buff *skb,
-                                         struct ieee80211_tx_status *status)
-{
-       struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
-       struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
-       struct sta_info *sta;
-       struct sta_rate_control *srctrl;
-
-       rcu_read_lock();
-
-       sta = sta_info_get(local, hdr->addr1);
-
-       if (!sta)
-               goto unlock;
-
-       srctrl = sta->rate_ctrl_priv;
-       srctrl->tx_num_xmit++;
-       if (status->excessive_retries) {
-               srctrl->tx_num_failures++;
-               sta->tx_retry_failed++;
-               sta->tx_num_consecutive_failures++;
-               sta->tx_num_mpdu_fail++;
-       } else {
-               sta->tx_num_consecutive_failures = 0;
-               sta->tx_num_mpdu_ok++;
-       }
-       sta->tx_retry_count += status->retry_count;
-       sta->tx_num_mpdu_fail += status->retry_count;
-
-       if (time_after(jiffies,
-                      srctrl->last_rate_change + RATE_CONTROL_INTERVAL) &&
-               srctrl->tx_num_xmit > RATE_CONTROL_MIN_TX) {
-               u32 per_failed;
-               srctrl->last_rate_change = jiffies;
-
-               per_failed = (100 * sta->tx_num_mpdu_fail) /
-                       (sta->tx_num_mpdu_fail + sta->tx_num_mpdu_ok);
-               /* TODO: calculate average per_failed to make adjusting
-                * parameters easier */
-#if 0
-               if (net_ratelimit()) {
-                       printk(KERN_DEBUG "MPDU fail=%d ok=%d per_failed=%d\n",
-                              sta->tx_num_mpdu_fail, sta->tx_num_mpdu_ok,
-                              per_failed);
-               }
-#endif
-
-               /*
-                * XXX: Make these configurable once we have an
-                * interface to the rate control algorithms
-                */
-               if (per_failed > RATE_CONTROL_NUM_DOWN) {
-                       rate_control_rate_dec(local, sta);
-               } else if (per_failed < RATE_CONTROL_NUM_UP) {
-                       rate_control_rate_inc(local, sta);
-               }
-               srctrl->tx_avg_rate_sum += status->control.tx_rate->bitrate;
-               srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num++;
-               srctrl->tx_num_failures = 0;
-               srctrl->tx_num_xmit = 0;
-       } else if (sta->tx_num_consecutive_failures >=
-                  RATE_CONTROL_EMERG_DEC) {
-               rate_control_rate_dec(local, sta);
-       }
-
-       if (time_after(jiffies, srctrl->avg_rate_update + 60 * HZ)) {
-               srctrl->avg_rate_update = jiffies;
-               if (srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num > 0) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
-                       DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mac);
-                       printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: STA %s Average rate: "
-                              "%d (%d/%d)\n",
-                              dev->name, print_mac(mac, sta->addr),
-                              srctrl->tx_avg_rate_sum /
-                              srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num,
-                              srctrl->tx_avg_rate_sum,
-                              srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num);
-#endif /* CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG */
-                       srctrl->tx_avg_rate_sum = 0;
-                       srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num = 0;
-               }
-       }
-
- unlock:
-       rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
-
-static void
-rate_control_simple_get_rate(void *priv, struct net_device *dev,
-                            struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
-                            struct sk_buff *skb,
-                            struct rate_selection *sel)
-{
-       struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
-       struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
-       struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
-       struct sta_info *sta;
-       int rateidx;
-       u16 fc;
-
-       rcu_read_lock();
-
-       sta = sta_info_get(local, hdr->addr1);
-
-       /* Send management frames and broadcast/multicast data using lowest
-        * rate. */
-       fc = le16_to_cpu(hdr->frame_control);
-       if ((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) != IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA ||
-           is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) || !sta) {
-               sel->rate = rate_lowest(local, sband, sta);
-               rcu_read_unlock();
-               return;
-       }
-
-       /* If a forced rate is in effect, select it. */
-       sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
-       if (sdata->bss && sdata->bss->force_unicast_rateidx > -1)
-               sta->txrate_idx = sdata->bss->force_unicast_rateidx;
-
-       rateidx = sta->txrate_idx;
-
-       if (rateidx >= sband->n_bitrates)
-               rateidx = sband->n_bitrates - 1;
-
-       sta->last_txrate_idx = rateidx;
-
-       rcu_read_unlock();
-
-       sel->rate = &sband->bitrates[rateidx];
-}
-
-
-static void rate_control_simple_rate_init(void *priv, void *priv_sta,
-                                         struct ieee80211_local *local,
-                                         struct sta_info *sta)
-{
-       struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
-
-       sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
-
-       /* TODO: This routine should consider using RSSI from previous packets
-        * as we need to have IEEE 802.1X auth succeed immediately after assoc..
-        * Until that method is implemented, we will use the lowest supported rate
-        * as a workaround, */
-       sta->txrate_idx = rate_lowest_index(local, sband, sta);
-}
-
-
-static void * rate_control_simple_alloc(struct ieee80211_local *local)
-{
-       struct global_rate_control *rctrl;
-
-       rctrl = kzalloc(sizeof(*rctrl), GFP_ATOMIC);
-
-       return rctrl;
-}
-
-
-static void rate_control_simple_free(void *priv)
-{
-       struct global_rate_control *rctrl = priv;
-       kfree(rctrl);
-}
-
-
-static void rate_control_simple_clear(void *priv)
-{
-}
-
-
-static void * rate_control_simple_alloc_sta(void *priv, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-       struct sta_rate_control *rctrl;
-
-       rctrl = kzalloc(sizeof(*rctrl), gfp);
-
-       return rctrl;
-}
-
-
-static void rate_control_simple_free_sta(void *priv, void *priv_sta)
-{
-       struct sta_rate_control *rctrl = priv_sta;
-       kfree(rctrl);
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
-
-static int open_file_generic(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-       file->private_data = inode->i_private;
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static ssize_t sta_tx_avg_rate_sum_read(struct file *file,
-                                       char __user *userbuf,
-                                       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct sta_rate_control *srctrl = file->private_data;
-       char buf[20];
-
-       sprintf(buf, "%d\n", srctrl->tx_avg_rate_sum);
-       return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, strlen(buf));
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations sta_tx_avg_rate_sum_ops = {
-       .read = sta_tx_avg_rate_sum_read,
-       .open = open_file_generic,
-};
-
-static ssize_t sta_tx_avg_rate_num_read(struct file *file,
-                                       char __user *userbuf,
-                                       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct sta_rate_control *srctrl = file->private_data;
-       char buf[20];
-
-       sprintf(buf, "%d\n", srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num);
-       return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, strlen(buf));
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations sta_tx_avg_rate_num_ops = {
-       .read = sta_tx_avg_rate_num_read,
-       .open = open_file_generic,
-};
-
-static void rate_control_simple_add_sta_debugfs(void *priv, void *priv_sta,
-                                               struct dentry *dir)
-{
-       struct sta_rate_control *srctrl = priv_sta;
-
-       srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num_dentry =
-               debugfs_create_file("rc_simple_sta_tx_avg_rate_num", 0400,
-                                   dir, srctrl, &sta_tx_avg_rate_num_ops);
-       srctrl->tx_avg_rate_sum_dentry =
-               debugfs_create_file("rc_simple_sta_tx_avg_rate_sum", 0400,
-                                   dir, srctrl, &sta_tx_avg_rate_sum_ops);
-}
-
-static void rate_control_simple_remove_sta_debugfs(void *priv, void *priv_sta)
-{
-       struct sta_rate_control *srctrl = priv_sta;
-
-       debugfs_remove(srctrl->tx_avg_rate_sum_dentry);
-       debugfs_remove(srctrl->tx_avg_rate_num_dentry);
-}
-#endif
-
-static struct rate_control_ops mac80211_rcsimple = {
-       .name = "simple",
-       .tx_status = rate_control_simple_tx_status,
-       .get_rate = rate_control_simple_get_rate,
-       .rate_init = rate_control_simple_rate_init,
-       .clear = rate_control_simple_clear,
-       .alloc = rate_control_simple_alloc,
-       .free = rate_control_simple_free,
-       .alloc_sta = rate_control_simple_alloc_sta,
-       .free_sta = rate_control_simple_free_sta,
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
-       .add_sta_debugfs = rate_control_simple_add_sta_debugfs,
-       .remove_sta_debugfs = rate_control_simple_remove_sta_debugfs,
-#endif
-};
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Simple rate control algorithm");
-
-int __init rc80211_simple_init(void)
-{
-       return ieee80211_rate_control_register(&mac80211_rcsimple);
-}
-
-void rc80211_simple_exit(void)
-{
-       ieee80211_rate_control_unregister(&mac80211_rcsimple);
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE_MODULE
-module_init(rc80211_simple_init);
-module_exit(rc80211_simple_exit);
-#endif