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authorAntonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>2015-11-10 20:51:22 +0300
committerAntonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>2016-02-29 11:25:07 +0300
commit8d2d499e08145d9851097e1241ef15aad8c9170a (patch)
tree02d3b8e088dbd3eefb48b67745efac068fa02581 /net/batman-adv
parentc833484e5f3872a38fe232c663586069d5ad9645 (diff)
downloadlinux-8d2d499e08145d9851097e1241ef15aad8c9170a.tar.xz
batman-adv: ELP - send unicast ELP packets for throughput sampling
In case of an unused wireless link, the mac80211 throughput estimation won't get updated further. Consequently, the reported throughput metric will become obsolete. With this patch unicast sampling is introduced by periodically sending unicast ELP packets to each neighbor on idle WiFi links. These sampling packets will fill an entire frame, so that the measurement is as reliable as possible Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/batman-adv')
-rw-r--r--net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c69
-rw-r--r--net/batman-adv/main.h3
2 files changed, 72 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
index 8376730ebd69..3844e7efd0b0 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
@@ -165,6 +165,69 @@ void batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update(struct work_struct *work)
}
/**
+ * batadv_v_elp_wifi_neigh_probe - send link probing packets to a neighbour
+ * @neigh: the neighbour to probe
+ *
+ * Sends a predefined number of unicast wifi packets to a given neighbour in
+ * order to trigger the throughput estimation on this link by the RC algorithm.
+ * Packets are sent only if there there is not enough payload unicast traffic
+ * towards this neighbour..
+ *
+ * Return: True on success and false in case of error during skb preparation.
+ */
+static bool
+batadv_v_elp_wifi_neigh_probe(struct batadv_hardif_neigh_node *neigh)
+{
+ struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface = neigh->if_incoming;
+ struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
+ unsigned long last_tx_diff;
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+ int probe_len, i;
+ int elp_skb_len;
+
+ /* this probing routine is for Wifi neighbours only */
+ if (!batadv_is_wifi_netdev(hard_iface->net_dev))
+ return true;
+
+ /* probe the neighbor only if no unicast packets have been sent
+ * to it in the last 100 milliseconds: this is the rate control
+ * algorithm sampling interval (minstrel). In this way, if not
+ * enough traffic has been sent to the neighbor, batman-adv can
+ * generate 2 probe packets and push the RC algorithm to perform
+ * the sampling
+ */
+ last_tx_diff = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - neigh->bat_v.last_unicast_tx);
+ if (last_tx_diff <= BATADV_ELP_PROBE_MAX_TX_DIFF)
+ return true;
+
+ probe_len = max_t(int, sizeof(struct batadv_elp_packet),
+ BATADV_ELP_MIN_PROBE_SIZE);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < BATADV_ELP_PROBES_PER_NODE; i++) {
+ elp_skb_len = hard_iface->bat_v.elp_skb->len;
+ skb = skb_copy_expand(hard_iface->bat_v.elp_skb, 0,
+ probe_len - elp_skb_len,
+ GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!skb)
+ return false;
+
+ /* Tell the skb to get as big as the allocated space (we want
+ * the packet to be exactly of that size to make the link
+ * throughput estimation effective.
+ */
+ skb_put(skb, probe_len - hard_iface->bat_v.elp_skb->len);
+
+ batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,
+ "Sending unicast (probe) ELP packet on interface %s to %pM\n",
+ hard_iface->net_dev->name, neigh->addr);
+
+ batadv_send_skb_packet(skb, hard_iface, neigh->addr);
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
* batadv_v_elp_periodic_work - ELP periodic task per interface
* @work: work queue item
*
@@ -227,6 +290,12 @@ static void batadv_v_elp_periodic_work(struct work_struct *work)
*/
rcu_read_lock();
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(hardif_neigh, &hard_iface->neigh_list, list) {
+ if (!batadv_v_elp_wifi_neigh_probe(hardif_neigh))
+ /* if something goes wrong while probing, better to stop
+ * sending packets immediately and reschedule the task
+ */
+ break;
+
if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&hardif_neigh->refcount))
continue;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.h b/net/batman-adv/main.h
index 5c68bf2618c7..878c35974845 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
/* B.A.T.M.A.N. V */
#define BATADV_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE 10 /* 1 Mbps */
+#define BATADV_ELP_PROBES_PER_NODE 2
+#define BATADV_ELP_MIN_PROBE_SIZE 200 /* bytes */
+#define BATADV_ELP_PROBE_MAX_TX_DIFF 100 /* milliseconds */
#define BATADV_ELP_MAX_AGE 64
#define BATADV_OGM_MAX_ORIGDIFF 5
#define BATADV_OGM_MAX_AGE 64