2016-05-09 12:23:24

by Michal Kazior

Subject: [PATCH] ath10k: improve tx scheduling

Recent changes revolving around implementing
wake_tx_queue support introduced a significant
performance regressions on some (slower, uni-proc)
systems.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c | 3 ---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 7 ++++---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
index cc979a4faeb0..7411b69fde42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
@@ -2291,7 +2291,6 @@ bool ath10k_htt_t2h_msg_handler(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
ath10k_htt_tx_mgmt_dec_pending(htt);
spin_unlock_bh(&htt->tx_lock);
}
- ath10k_mac_tx_push_pending(ar);
break;
}
case HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_TX_COMPL_IND:
@@ -2442,8 +2441,6 @@ static void ath10k_htt_txrx_compl_task(unsigned long ptr)
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
}

- ath10k_mac_tx_push_pending(ar);
-
num_mpdus = atomic_read(&htt->num_mpdus_ready);

while (num_mpdus) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 6dd1d26b357f..1dd415d3c0ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -3781,6 +3781,9 @@ void ath10k_mac_tx_push_pending(struct ath10k *ar)
int ret;
int max;

+ if (ar->htt.num_pending_tx >= (ar->htt.max_num_pending_tx / 2))
+ return;
+
spin_lock_bh(&ar->txqs_lock);
rcu_read_lock();

@@ -4051,9 +4054,7 @@ static void ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
list_add_tail(&artxq->list, &ar->txqs);
spin_unlock_bh(&ar->txqs_lock);

- if (ath10k_mac_tx_can_push(hw, txq))
- tasklet_schedule(&ar->htt.txrx_compl_task);
-
+ ath10k_mac_tx_push_pending(ar);
ath10k_htt_tx_txq_update(hw, txq);
}

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c
index 576e7c42ed65..1966c787998b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ int ath10k_txrx_tx_unref(struct ath10k_htt *htt,

ieee80211_tx_status(htt->ar->hw, msdu);
/* we do not own the msdu anymore */
+
+ ath10k_mac_tx_push_pending(ar);
+
return 0;
}

--
2.1.4

2016-05-24 17:53:05

by Kalle Valo

Subject: Re: ath10k: improve tx scheduling

Michal Kazior <[email protected]> wrote:
> Recent changes revolving around implementing
> wake_tx_queue support introduced a significant
> performance regressions on some (slower, uni-proc)
> systems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <[email protected]>

Thanks, 1 patch applied to ath.git:

7a0adc83f34d ath10k: improve tx scheduling

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9045961/