mac80211: add support for per-chain signal strength reporting

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]> [fix unit documentation] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
alberto-fc · May 16, 2013 · ef0621e · ef0621e
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diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ enum mac80211_rx_flags {
  * @signal: signal strength when receiving this frame, either in dBm, in dB or
  *	unspecified depending on the hardware capabilities flags
  *	@IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_*
+ * @chains: bitmask of receive chains for which separate signal strength
+ *	values were filled.
+ * @chain_signal: per-chain signal strength, in dBm (unlike @signal, doesn't
+ *	support dB or unspecified units)
  * @antenna: antenna used
  * @rate_idx: index of data rate into band's supported rates or MCS index if
  *	HT or VHT is used (%RX_FLAG_HT/%RX_FLAG_VHT)
@@ -881,6 +885,8 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_status {
 	u8 band;
 	u8 antenna;
 	s8 signal;
+	u8 chains;
+	s8 chain_signal[IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS];
 	u8 ampdu_delimiter_crc;
 	u8 vendor_radiotap_align;
 	u8 vendor_radiotap_oui[3];

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	struct timespec uptime;
 	u64 packets = 0;
-	int ac;
+	int i, ac;
 
 	sinfo->generation = sdata->local->sta_generation;
 
@@ -488,6 +488,17 @@ static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
 			sinfo->signal = (s8)sta->last_signal;
 		sinfo->signal_avg = (s8) -ewma_read(&sta->avg_signal);
 	}
+	if (sta->chains) {
+		sinfo->filled |= STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL |
+				 STATION_INFO_CHAIN_SIGNAL_AVG;
+
+		sinfo->chains = sta->chains;
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sinfo->chain_signal); i++) {
+			sinfo->chain_signal[i] = sta->chain_signal_last[i];
+			sinfo->chain_signal_avg[i] =
+				(s8) -ewma_read(&sta->chain_signal_avg[i]);
+		}
+	}
 
 	sta_set_rate_info_tx(sta, &sta->last_tx_rate, &sinfo->txrate);
 	sta_set_rate_info_rx(sta, &sinfo->rxrate);

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1372,6 +1372,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 	struct sk_buff *skb = rx->skb;
 	struct ieee80211_rx_status *status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
+	int i;
 
 	if (!sta)
 		return RX_CONTINUE;
@@ -1422,6 +1423,19 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 		ewma_add(&sta->avg_signal, -status->signal);
 	}
 
+	if (status->chains) {
+		sta->chains = status->chains;
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(status->chain_signal); i++) {
+			int signal = status->chain_signal[i];
+
+			if (!(status->chains & BIT(i)))
+				continue;
+
+			sta->chain_signal_last[i] = signal;
+			ewma_add(&sta->chain_signal_avg[i], -signal);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Change STA power saving mode only at the end of a frame
 	 * exchange sequence.

diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
 	sta->last_connected = uptime.tv_sec;
 	ewma_init(&sta->avg_signal, 1024, 8);
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sta->chain_signal_avg); i++)
+		ewma_init(&sta->chain_signal_avg[i], 1024, 8);
 
 	if (sta_prepare_rate_control(local, sta, gfp)) {
 		kfree(sta);

diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ struct sta_info {
 	int last_signal;
 	struct ewma avg_signal;
 	int last_ack_signal;
+
+	u8 chains;
+	s8 chain_signal_last[IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS];
+	struct ewma chain_signal_avg[IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS];
+
 	/* Plus 1 for non-QoS frames */
 	__le16 last_seq_ctrl[IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS + 1];