From: Michal Kazior Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 14:47:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ath10k: disable wake_tx_queue for older devices Some setups suffer performance regressions with current wake_tx_queue implementation. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior --- --- 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]; --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c @@ -7497,21 +7497,32 @@ static const struct ieee80211_channel at 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[] = { @@ -7945,6 +7956,15 @@ int ath10k_mac_register(struct ath10k *a 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) {