Although a previous fix handles the kernel panics that result from
failure to allocate a new RX buffer, memory fragmentation can be
reduced if the amsdu_8k capability is disabled as new buffers need only
be of O(0), not O(2).
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]>
---
John,
This is 2.6.40 material.
Larry
---
Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -1115,6 +1115,13 @@ static int _rtl_pci_init_rx_ring(struct
rtlpci->rx_ring[rx_queue_idx].idx = 0;
+ /* If amsdu_8k is disabled, set buffersize to 4096. This
+ * change will reduce memory fragmentation.
+ */
+ if (rtlpci->rxbuffersize > 4096 &&
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.disable_amsdu_8k)
+ rtlpci->rxbuffersize = 4096;
+
for (i = 0; i < rtlpci->rxringcount; i++) {
struct sk_buff *skb =
dev_alloc_skb(rtlpci->rxbuffersize);