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authorMichal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>2016-07-18 22:22:18 +0200
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>2016-07-19 15:18:48 +0200
commit4ca1807815aa6801aaced7fdefa9edacc2521767 (patch)
treeb790022ba99223342b68c85bc450e4b32d095117
parentMerge ath-next from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git (diff)
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ath10k: disable wake_tx_queue for older devices
Ideally wake_tx_queue should be used regardless as it is a requirement for reducing bufferbloat and implementing airtime fairness in the future. However some setups (typically low-end platforms hosting QCA988X) suffer performance regressions with the current wake_tx_queue implementation. Therefore disable it unless it is really beneficial with current codebase (which is when firmware supports smart pull-push tx scheduling). Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c24
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
index 9374bcde3d35..30ae5bf81611 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ struct ath10k_fw_components {
struct ath10k {
struct ath_common ath_common;
struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
+ struct ieee80211_ops *ops;
struct device *dev;
u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 55c823f983c7..fb8e38df9446 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -7506,21 +7506,32 @@ static const struct ieee80211_channel ath10k_5ghz_channels[] = {
struct ath10k *ath10k_mac_create(size_t priv_size)
{
struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
+ struct ieee80211_ops *ops;
struct ath10k *ar;
- hw = ieee80211_alloc_hw(sizeof(struct ath10k) + priv_size, &ath10k_ops);
- if (!hw)
+ ops = kmemdup(&ath10k_ops, sizeof(ath10k_ops), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!ops)
return NULL;
+ hw = ieee80211_alloc_hw(sizeof(struct ath10k) + priv_size, ops);
+ if (!hw) {
+ kfree(ops);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
ar = hw->priv;
ar->hw = hw;
+ ar->ops = ops;
return ar;
}
void ath10k_mac_destroy(struct ath10k *ar)
{
+ struct ieee80211_ops *ops = ar->ops;
+
ieee80211_free_hw(ar->hw);
+ kfree(ops);
}
static const struct ieee80211_iface_limit ath10k_if_limits[] = {
@@ -7954,6 +7965,15 @@ int ath10k_mac_register(struct ath10k *ar)
ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to initialise DFS pattern detector\n");
}
+ /* Current wake_tx_queue implementation imposes a significant
+ * performance penalty in some setups. The tx scheduling code needs
+ * more work anyway so disable the wake_tx_queue unless firmware
+ * supports the pull-push mechanism.
+ */
+ if (!test_bit(ATH10K_FW_FEATURE_PEER_FLOW_CONTROL,
+ ar->running_fw->fw_file.fw_features))
+ ar->ops->wake_tx_queue = NULL;
+
ret = ath_regd_init(&ar->ath_common.regulatory, ar->hw->wiphy,
ath10k_reg_notifier);
if (ret) {