Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:48806 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752043Ab1BOQPb (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:15:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:12:22 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, lrodriguez@atheros.com Subject: Re: [RFC] ath9k: Fix ath9k prevents CPU to enter C3 states Message-ID: <20110215161222.GD2557@tuxdriver.com> References: <1297785572-27955-1-git-send-email-mshajakhan@atheros.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1297785572-27955-1-git-send-email-mshajakhan@atheros.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Despite the [RFC], I am applying this. I should have reverted all of this three weeks ago... John On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 09:29:32PM +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote: > From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan > > The DMA latency issue is observed only in Intel pinetrail platforms but > in the driver we had a default PM-QOS value of 55. This caused > unnecessary power consumption and battery drain in other platforms. > Remove the pm-qos thing in the driver code and address the throughput issue in > Intel pinetrail platfroms in user space using any one of the scripts in below links: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/scripts/cpudmalatency.c > http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/files/netlatency.c.txt > More details can be found in the following bugzilla link: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27532 > > Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan > --- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h | 5 ----- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 7 ------- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 8 -------- > 3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h > index ba436cd..0052f64 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h > @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ > #include > #include > #include > -#include > > #include "debug.h" > #include "common.h" > @@ -57,8 +56,6 @@ struct ath_node; > > #define A_MAX(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b)) > > -#define ATH9K_PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE 55 > - > #define TSF_TO_TU(_h,_l) \ > ((((u32)(_h)) << 22) | (((u32)(_l)) >> 10)) > > @@ -650,7 +647,6 @@ struct ath_softc { > > struct ath_ant_comb ant_comb; > > - struct pm_qos_request_list pm_qos_req; > }; > > void ath9k_tasklet(unsigned long data); > @@ -665,7 +661,6 @@ static inline void ath_read_cachesize(struct ath_common *common, int *csz) > extern struct ieee80211_ops ath9k_ops; > extern int ath9k_modparam_nohwcrypt; > extern int led_blink; > -extern int ath9k_pm_qos_value; > extern bool is_ath9k_unloaded; > > irqreturn_t ath_isr(int irq, void *dev); > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c > index e5c1eea..8fed4e4 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c > @@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ static int ath9k_btcoex_enable; > module_param_named(btcoex_enable, ath9k_btcoex_enable, int, 0444); > MODULE_PARM_DESC(btcoex_enable, "Enable wifi-BT coexistence"); > > -int ath9k_pm_qos_value = ATH9K_PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE; > -module_param_named(pmqos, ath9k_pm_qos_value, int, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH); > -MODULE_PARM_DESC(pmqos, "User specified PM-QOS value"); > > bool is_ath9k_unloaded; > /* We use the hw_value as an index into our private channel structure */ > @@ -760,9 +757,6 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc, u16 subsysid, > ath_init_leds(sc); > ath_start_rfkill_poll(sc); > > - pm_qos_add_request(&sc->pm_qos_req, PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY, > - PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE); > - > return 0; > > error_world: > @@ -819,7 +813,6 @@ void ath9k_deinit_device(struct ath_softc *sc) > ath9k_ps_restore(sc); > > ieee80211_unregister_hw(hw); > - pm_qos_remove_request(&sc->pm_qos_req); > ath_rx_cleanup(sc); > ath_tx_cleanup(sc); > ath9k_deinit_softc(sc); > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c > index 4f568b8..1d2c7c3 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c > @@ -1117,12 +1117,6 @@ static int ath9k_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) > ath9k_btcoex_timer_resume(sc); > } > > - /* User has the option to provide pm-qos value as a module > - * parameter rather than using the default value of > - * 'ATH9K_PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE'. > - */ > - pm_qos_update_request(&sc->pm_qos_req, ath9k_pm_qos_value); > - > if (ah->caps.pcie_lcr_extsync_en && common->bus_ops->extn_synch_en) > common->bus_ops->extn_synch_en(common); > > @@ -1267,8 +1261,6 @@ static void ath9k_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) > > sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_INVALID; > > - pm_qos_update_request(&sc->pm_qos_req, PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE); > - > mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex); > > ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "Driver halt\n"); > -- > 1.7.0.4 > > -- John W. 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