Ideally wake_tx_queue should be used regardless as it is a requirement for reducing bufferbloat and implementing airtime fairness in the future.
However some setups (typically low-end platforms hosting QCA988X) suffer performance regressions with the current wake_tx_queue implementation. Therefore disable it unless it is really beneficial with current codebase (which is when firmware supports smart pull-push tx scheduling). Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <[email protected]> --- Notes: v1: - improve commit log 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 3da18c9dbd7a..de580af2e5ef 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h @@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ 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 d4b7a168f7c0..958bc6c91aac 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c @@ -7471,21 +7471,32 @@ 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[] = { @@ -7919,6 +7930,15 @@ 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 _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k
