2010-03-29 10:17:06

by Sujith

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Subject: [PATCH 5/7] ath9k_htc: Handle TX queue overflow

Stop/restart TX queues when the internal SKB
queue is full. This helps handle TX better
under heavy load.

Signed-off-by: Sujith <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h | 3 +++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c | 12 ++++++++++++
4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h
index 698e6f1..e09c6c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ struct ath9k_htc_priv {
struct sk_buff *beacon;
spinlock_t beacon_lock;

+ bool tx_queues_stop;
+ spinlock_t tx_lock;
+
struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
unsigned int rxfilter;
struct tasklet_struct wmi_tasklet;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
index 10c8760..3206eb0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ static int ath9k_init_priv(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv, u16 devid)

spin_lock_init(&priv->wmi->wmi_lock);
spin_lock_init(&priv->beacon_lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&priv->tx_lock);
mutex_init(&priv->mutex);
mutex_init(&priv->aggr_work.mutex);
tasklet_init(&priv->wmi_tasklet, ath9k_wmi_tasklet,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
index 90b13ed..63f032d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int ath9k_htc_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv = hw->priv;
- int padpos, padsize;
+ int padpos, padsize, ret;

hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;

@@ -1008,8 +1008,19 @@ static int ath9k_htc_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
memmove(skb->data, skb->data + padsize, padpos);
}

- if (ath9k_htc_tx_start(priv, skb) != 0) {
- ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(priv->ah), ATH_DBG_XMIT, "Tx failed");
+ ret = ath9k_htc_tx_start(priv, skb);
+ if (ret != 0) {
+ if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+ ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(priv->ah), ATH_DBG_XMIT,
+ "Stopping TX queues\n");
+ ieee80211_stop_queues(hw);
+ spin_lock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
+ priv->tx_queues_stop = true;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
+ } else {
+ ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(priv->ah), ATH_DBG_XMIT,
+ "Tx failed");
+ }
goto fail_tx;
}

@@ -1074,6 +1085,12 @@ static int ath9k_htc_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
priv->op_flags &= ~OP_INVALID;
htc_start(priv->htc);

+ spin_lock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
+ priv->tx_queues_stop = false;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
+
+ ieee80211_wake_queues(hw);
+
mutex_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
index 8383656..befe574 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
@@ -226,6 +226,18 @@ void ath9k_tx_tasklet(unsigned long data)
/* Send status to mac80211 */
ieee80211_tx_status(priv->hw, skb);
}
+
+ /* Wake TX queues if needed */
+ spin_lock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
+ if (priv->tx_queues_stop) {
+ priv->tx_queues_stop = false;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
+ ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(priv->ah), ATH_DBG_XMIT,
+ "Waking up TX queues\n");
+ ieee80211_wake_queues(priv->hw);
+ return;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&priv->tx_lock);
}

void ath9k_htc_txep(void *drv_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
--
1.7.0.3