On 7/10/2018 6:28 PM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 172aeae..d07f7f9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ enum txq_info_flags {
        IEEE80211_TXQ_STOP,
        IEEE80211_TXQ_AMPDU,
        IEEE80211_TXQ_NO_AMSDU,
+       IEEE80211_TXQ_PAUSED,
  };
I think it would be a good idea to either rename the flags, or at least
add an explanation somewhere of the difference between a paused and a
stopped queue...

Initially, the idea was to use IEEE80211_TXQ_STOP flag to indicate that iTXQs are stopped; since this flag was used in the aggregation code, I was unsure whether the same flag can be used to indicate the iTXQ stop condition.
I could not find any better name for this:-).

Johannes, any thought?

  /**
@@ -1226,6 +1227,7 @@ struct ieee80211_local {
struct sk_buff_head pending[IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUES];
        struct tasklet_struct tx_pending_tasklet;
+       struct tasklet_struct wake_txqs_tasklet;
It's not quite clear to me why a tasklet is needed? Couldn't you just
call the ieee80211_wake_txqs() function at the same place where you
currently schedule the tasklet?

Since driver can also invoke wake_queues() operation; there can be a possible deadlock situation. At least, in ath10k there was deadlock on the "htt->tx_lock"; wake_queues() is invoked by taking the tx_lock and the same lock is acquired again in wake_tx_queue().
Also, by deferring wake_txqs(), drivers can safely invoke wake_queues().

-Manikanta

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