From: Felix Fietkau Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:53:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: use coarse boottime for airtime fairness code The time values used by the airtime fairness code only need to be accurate enough to cover station activity detection. Using ktime_get_coarse_boottime_ns instead of ktime_get_boottime_ns will drop the accuracy down to jiffies intervals, but at the same time saves a lot of CPU cycles in a hot path Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau --- --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ struct ieee80211_txq *ieee80211_next_txq { struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw); struct airtime_sched_info *air_sched; - u64 now = ktime_get_boottime_ns(); + u64 now = ktime_get_coarse_boottime_ns(); struct ieee80211_txq *ret = NULL; struct airtime_info *air_info; struct txq_info *txqi = NULL; @@ -3961,7 +3961,7 @@ void ieee80211_update_airtime_weight(str u64 weight_sum = 0; if (unlikely(!now)) - now = ktime_get_boottime_ns(); + now = ktime_get_coarse_boottime_ns(); lockdep_assert_held(&air_sched->lock); @@ -3987,7 +3987,7 @@ void ieee80211_schedule_txq(struct ieee8 struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw); struct txq_info *txqi = to_txq_info(txq); struct airtime_sched_info *air_sched; - u64 now = ktime_get_boottime_ns(); + u64 now = ktime_get_coarse_boottime_ns(); struct airtime_info *air_info; u8 ac = txq->ac; bool was_active; @@ -4045,7 +4045,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_unschedule_txq(s if (!purge) airtime_set_active(air_sched, air_info, - ktime_get_boottime_ns()); + ktime_get_coarse_boottime_ns()); rb_erase_cached(&txqi->schedule_order, &air_sched->active_txqs); @@ -4133,7 +4133,7 @@ bool ieee80211_txq_may_transmit(struct i if (RB_EMPTY_NODE(&txqi->schedule_order)) goto out; - now = ktime_get_boottime_ns(); + now = ktime_get_coarse_boottime_ns(); /* Like in ieee80211_next_txq(), make sure the first station in the * scheduling order is eligible for transmission to avoid starvation.