mac80211: fix minstrel sample time check

We need to skip sampling if the next sample time is after jiffies, not before.
This patch fixes an issue where in some cases only very little sampling (or none
at all) is performed, leading to really bad data rates

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>

package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/377-mac80211-minstrel_ht-fix-sample-time-check.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>
+Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:05:54 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: minstrel_ht: fix sample time check
+
+We need to skip sampling if the next sample time is after jiffies, not before.
+This patch fixes an issue where in some cases only very little sampling (or none
+at all) is performed, leading to really bad data rates
+
+Fixes: 80d55154b2f8 ("mac80211: minstrel_ht: significantly redesign the rate probing strategy")
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ minstrel_ht_get_rate(void *priv, struct
+ 	    (info->control.flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PORT_CTRL_PROTO))
+ 		return;
+ 
+-	if (time_is_before_jiffies(mi->sample_time))
++	if (time_is_after_jiffies(mi->sample_time))
+ 		return;
+ 
+ 	mi->sample_time = jiffies + MINSTREL_SAMPLE_INTERVAL;