mac80211: AMPDU rx reorder timeout timer

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This patch introduces a new timer, which will release
queued-up MPDUs from the reorder buffer, whenever
they've waited for more than HT_RX_REORDER_BUF_TIMEOUT
(which is at around 100 ms).

The advantage of having a dedicated timer, instead of
relying on a constant stream of freshly arriving aMPDUs
to release the old ones, is particularly observable when
even a small fraction of MPDUs are forever lost at
low network speeds.

Previously under these circumstances frames would become
stuck in the reorder buffer and the network stack of both
HT peers throttled back, instead of revving up and
gunning the pipes.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Christian Lamparter 2010-08-05 01:36:41 +02:00 • committed by John W. Linville

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net/mac80211/agg-rx.c

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net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h

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net/mac80211/rx.c

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net/mac80211/sta_info.h

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