Return-path: Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com ([209.85.217.178]:36598 "EHLO mail-lb0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750940AbcEQMp1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 May 2016 08:45:27 -0400 Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id h1so5441798lbj.3 for ; Tue, 17 May 2016 05:45:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Michal Kazior To: ath10k@lists.infradead.org, leroi.lists@gmail.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Michal Kazior Subject: [RFC/RFT] ath10k: disable wake_tx_queue for older devices Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 14:47:01 +0200 Message-Id: <1463489221-24989-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> (sfid-20160517_144532_380303_16BB8FAB) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Some setups suffer performance regressions with current wake_tx_queue implementation. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior --- Hi Roman, Can you give this patch a try and see if it helps with your performance problems, please? drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 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 1379054000f9..44e7c2cd2e9b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h @@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ 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 0e24f9ee8bff..5fa3888afa41 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c @@ -7396,21 +7396,32 @@ 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[] = { @@ -7838,6 +7849,15 @@ 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) { -- 2.1.4