mac80211: call rate_control_send_low() internally

There's no rate control algorithm that *doesn't* want to call
it internally, and calling it internally will let us modify
its behaviour in the future.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst

@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@ TBD
 .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
    :functions: ieee80211_tx_rate_control
 
-.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
-   :functions: rate_control_send_low
-
 TBD
 
 This part of the book describes mac80211 internals.

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-rs.c

@@ -646,9 +646,6 @@ il3945_rs_get_rate(void *il_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *il_sta,
 		il_sta = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, il_sta, txrc))
-		return;
-
 	rate_mask = sta->supp_rates[sband->band];
 
 	/* get user max rate if set */

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c

@@ -2224,10 +2224,6 @@ il4965_rs_get_rate(void *il_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *il_sta,
 		il_sta = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Send management frames and NO_ACK data using lowest rate. */
-	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, il_sta, txrc))
-		return;
-
 	if (!lq_sta)
 		return;
 

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/rs.c

@@ -2731,10 +2731,6 @@ static void rs_get_rate(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
 		priv_sta = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Send management frames and NO_ACK data using lowest rate. */
-	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
-		return;
-
 	rate_idx  = lq_sta->last_txrate_idx;
 
 	if (lq_sta->last_rate_n_flags & RATE_MCS_HT_MSK) {

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c

@@ -2960,10 +2960,6 @@ static void rs_drv_get_rate(void *mvm_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 		mvm_sta = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Send management frames and NO_ACK data using lowest rate. */
-	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, mvm_sta, txrc))
-		return;
-
 	if (!mvm_sta)
 		return;
 

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c

@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ static void rtl_get_rate(void *ppriv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 	u8 try_per_rate, i, rix;
 	bool not_data = !ieee80211_is_data(fc);
 
-	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
-		return;
-
 	rix = _rtl_rc_get_highest_rix(rtlpriv, sta, skb, not_data);
 	try_per_rate = 1;
 	_rtl_rc_rate_set_series(rtlpriv, sta, &rates[0], txrc,

include/net/mac80211.h

@@ -5960,29 +5960,6 @@ static inline int rate_supported(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 	return (sta == NULL || sta->supp_rates[band] & BIT(index));
 }
 
-/**
- * rate_control_send_low - helper for drivers for management/no-ack frames
- *
- * Rate control algorithms that agree to use the lowest rate to
- * send management frames and NO_ACK data with the respective hw
- * retries should use this in the beginning of their mac80211 get_rate
- * callback. If true is returned the rate control can simply return.
- * If false is returned we guarantee that sta and sta and priv_sta is
- * not null.
- *
- * Rate control algorithms wishing to do more intelligent selection of
- * rate for multicast/broadcast frames may choose to not use this.
- *
- * @sta: &struct ieee80211_sta pointer to the target destination. Note
- * 	that this may be null.
- * @priv_sta: private rate control structure. This may be null.
- * @txrc: rate control information we sholud populate for mac80211.
- */
-bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
-			   void *priv_sta,
-			   struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc);
-
-
 static inline s8
 rate_lowest_index(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 		  struct ieee80211_sta *sta)

net/mac80211/rate.c

@@ -369,8 +369,7 @@ static void __rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 }
 
 
-bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
-			   void *priv_sta,
+static bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
 				  struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(txrc->skb);
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
 	int mcast_rate;
 	bool use_basicrate = false;
 
-	if (!pubsta || !priv_sta || rc_no_data_or_no_ack_use_min(txrc)) {
+	if (!pubsta || rc_no_data_or_no_ack_use_min(txrc)) {
 		__rate_control_send_low(txrc->hw, sband, pubsta, info,
 					txrc->rate_idx_mask);
 
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta,
 	}
 	return false;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rate_control_send_low);
 
 static bool rate_idx_match_legacy_mask(s8 *rate_idx, int n_bitrates, u32 mask)
 {
@@ -902,12 +900,15 @@ void rate_control_get_rate(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
 		return;
 
+	if (rate_control_send_low(ista, txrc))
+		return;
+
 	if (ista) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&sta->rate_ctrl_lock);
 		ref->ops->get_rate(ref->priv, ista, priv_sta, txrc);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&sta->rate_ctrl_lock);
 	} else {
-		ref->ops->get_rate(ref->priv, NULL, NULL, txrc);
+		rate_control_send_low(NULL, txrc);
 	}
 
 	if (ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw, SUPPORTS_RC_TABLE))

net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c

@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@ minstrel_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
 	int delta;
 	int sampling_ratio;
 
-	/* management/no-ack frames do not use rate control */
-	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
-		return;
-
 	/* check multi-rate-retry capabilities & adjust lookaround_rate */
 	mrr_capable = mp->has_mrr &&
 		      !txrc->rts &&

net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c

@@ -1098,9 +1098,6 @@ minstrel_ht_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
 	struct minstrel_priv *mp = priv;
 	int sample_idx;
 
-	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
-		return;
-
 	if (!msp->is_ht)
 		return mac80211_minstrel.get_rate(priv, sta, &msp->legacy, txrc);