mac80211: call ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl() when dequeue

Make ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl() get called on dequeue to improve
performance since it reduces the turnaround time for rate control.
Signed-off-by: Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210617163113.75815-2-nbd@nbd.nameSigned-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

net/mac80211/tx.c

@@ -1768,8 +1768,6 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers_early(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_ps_buf);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_check_control_port_protocol);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_select_key);
-	if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
-		CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl);
 
  txh_done:
 	if (unlikely(res == TX_DROP)) {
@@ -1802,6 +1800,9 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers_late(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 		goto txh_done;
 	}
 
+	if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
+		CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl);
+
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_michael_mic_add);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_sequence);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_fragment);
@@ -3389,15 +3390,21 @@ static bool ieee80211_amsdu_aggregate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
  * Can be called while the sta lock is held. Anything that can cause packets to
  * be generated will cause deadlock!
  */
-static void ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+static ieee80211_tx_result
+ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			   struct sta_info *sta, u8 pn_offs,
 			   struct ieee80211_key *key,
-				       struct sk_buff *skb)
+			   struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 {
+	struct sk_buff *skb = tx->skb;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
 	u8 tid = IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS;
 
+	if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL) &&
+	    ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl(tx) != TX_CONTINUE)
+		return TX_DROP;
+
 	if (key)
 		info->control.hw_key = &key->conf;
 
@@ -3446,6 +3453,8 @@ static void ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return TX_CONTINUE;
 }
 
 static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
@@ -3549,24 +3558,17 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	tx.sta = sta;
 	tx.key = fast_tx->key;
 
-	if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL)) {
+	if (ieee80211_queue_skb(local, sdata, sta, skb))
+		return true;
+
 	tx.skb = skb;
-		r = ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl(&tx);
-		skb = tx.skb;
+	r = ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sdata, sta, fast_tx->pn_offs,
+				       fast_tx->key, &tx);
 	tx.skb = NULL;
-
-		if (r != TX_CONTINUE) {
-			if (r != TX_QUEUED)
+	if (r == TX_DROP) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return true;
 	}
-	}
-
-	if (ieee80211_queue_skb(local, sdata, sta, skb))
-		return true;
-
-	ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sdata, sta, fast_tx->pn_offs,
-				   fast_tx->key, skb);
 
 	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
 		sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,
@@ -3683,8 +3685,12 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		    (tx.key->conf.flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV))
 			pn_offs = ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
 
-		ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sta->sdata, sta, pn_offs,
-					   tx.key, skb);
+		r = ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sta->sdata, sta, pn_offs,
+					       tx.key, &tx);
+		if (r != TX_CONTINUE) {
+			ieee80211_free_txskb(&local->hw, skb);
+			goto begin;
+		}
 	} else {
 		if (invoke_tx_handlers_late(&tx))
 			goto begin;