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Commit: d68ab68066805fdfee1f5f29ec2ec0179fd92fe1
Parent: c342a1b91f6ccd317c68defd3b4c7bb75397d967
Author: Mohamed Abbas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
AuthorDate: Thu Feb 7 13:16:33 2008 -0800
Committer: John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CommitDate: Fri Feb 15 13:44:18 2008 -0500
iwlwifi: earlier rx allocation
Value of count is used to decide when to replenish rx buffers. If it is
equal or above 8 we replenish the buffers. Ensure there is no starvation
by initializing count to 8 - thus forcing replenish at first iteration.
This is helpful when rx receives batches of buffers smaller than 8.
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Abbas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 66520e8..74b1099 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4287,7 +4287,7 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_handle(struct iwl3945_priv *priv)
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index 855cc97..14a11bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -4669,7 +4669,7 @@ static void iwl4965_rx_handle(struct iwl4965_priv *priv)
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */
-
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