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authorAntonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>2014-05-19 21:53:20 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2014-05-21 09:15:16 +0200
commitcca674d47e59665630f3005291b61bb883015fc5 (patch)
treebd83cc2c0b576cdc7adae72ca7c170c1e1648fa8 /include/net
parent867d849fc844623a88ec7b380442952b5ffe5e68 (diff)
mac80211: export the expected throughput
Add get_expected_throughput() API to mac80211 so that each driver can implement its own version based on the RC algorithm they are using (might be using an HW RC algo). The API returns a value expressed in Kbps. Also, add the new get_expected_throughput() member to the rate_control_ops structure in order to be able to query the RC algorithm (this patch provides an implementation of this API for both minstrel and minstrel_ht). The related member in the station_info object is now filled accordingly when dumping a station. Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index a34f26a4ed18..2c78997bc48d 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2769,6 +2769,10 @@ enum ieee80211_roc_type {
* information in bss_conf is set up and the beacon can be retrieved. A
* channel context is bound before this is called.
* @leave_ibss: Leave the IBSS again.
+ *
+ * @get_expected_throughput: extract the expected throughput towards the
+ * specified station. The returned value is expressed in Kbps. It returns 0
+ * if the RC algorithm does not have proper data to provide.
*/
struct ieee80211_ops {
void (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
@@ -2962,6 +2966,7 @@ struct ieee80211_ops {
int (*join_ibss)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
void (*leave_ibss)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+ u32 (*get_expected_throughput)(struct ieee80211_sta *sta);
};
/**
@@ -4535,6 +4540,8 @@ struct rate_control_ops {
void (*add_sta_debugfs)(void *priv, void *priv_sta,
struct dentry *dir);
void (*remove_sta_debugfs)(void *priv, void *priv_sta);
+
+ u32 (*get_expected_throughput)(void *priv_sta);
};
static inline int rate_supported(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,