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Commit f7d8ad81 authored by Karl Beldan's avatar Karl Beldan Committed by Johannes Berg
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mac80211: minstrels: spare numerous useless calls to get_random_bytes



ATM, only the first array value returned by get_random_bytes is used.
This change moves the call to get_random_bytes from the nested loop it
is in to its parent.
While at it, replace get_random_bytes with prandom_bytes since PRNs are
way enough for the selection process.
After this, minstrel_ht reclaims 80 PR-bytes instead of 640 R-bytes.

minstrels use sample tables to probe different rates in a randomized
manner.
minstrel_ht inits one single sample table upon registration (during
subsys_initcalls) and minstrel uses one per STA addition in minstrel.

Signed-off-by: default avatarKarl Beldan <karl.beldan@rivierawaves.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
parent 7a5e3fa2
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