ath9k: clean up tx fifo handling on ar9380 based hardware

SVN-Revision: 26934

2 files changed, 680 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/580-ath9k_tx_fifo_cleanup.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/580-ath9k_tx_fifo_cleanup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..630fb7dc97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/580-ath9k_tx_fifo_cleanup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,610 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_buf(struct a
+ 				struct ath_txq *txq, struct list_head *bf_q,
+ 				struct ath_tx_status *ts, int txok, int sendbar);
+ static void ath_tx_txqaddbuf(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
+-			     struct list_head *head);
++			     struct list_head *head, bool internal);
+ static void ath_buf_set_rate(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf, int len);
+ static void ath_tx_rc_status(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf,
+ 			     struct ath_tx_status *ts, int nframes, int nbad,
+@@ -377,8 +377,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct 
+ 			bf_next = bf->bf_next;
+ 
+ 			bf->bf_state.bf_type |= BUF_XRETRY;
+-			if ((sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA) ||
+-			    !bf->bf_stale || bf_next != NULL)
++			if (!bf->bf_stale || bf_next != NULL)
+ 				list_move_tail(&bf->list, &bf_head);
+ 
+ 			ath_tx_rc_status(sc, bf, ts, 1, 1, 0, false);
+@@ -463,20 +462,14 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct 
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 
+-		if (!(sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA) &&
+-		    bf_next == NULL) {
+-			/*
+-			 * Make sure the last desc is reclaimed if it
+-			 * not a holding desc.
+-			 */
+-			if (!bf_last->bf_stale)
+-				list_move_tail(&bf->list, &bf_head);
+-			else
+-				INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_head);
+-		} else {
+-			BUG_ON(list_empty(bf_q));
++		/*
++		 * Make sure the last desc is reclaimed if it
++		 * not a holding desc.
++		 */
++		if (!bf_last->bf_stale || bf_next != NULL)
+ 			list_move_tail(&bf->list, &bf_head);
+-		}
++		else
++			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_head);
+ 
+ 		if (!txpending || (tid->state & AGGR_CLEANUP)) {
+ 			/*
+@@ -837,7 +830,7 @@ static void ath_tx_sched_aggr(struct ath
+ 			bf->bf_state.bf_type &= ~BUF_AGGR;
+ 			ath9k_hw_clr11n_aggr(sc->sc_ah, bf->bf_desc);
+ 			ath_buf_set_rate(sc, bf, fi->framelen);
+-			ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, &bf_q);
++			ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, &bf_q, false);
+ 			continue;
+ 		}
+ 
+@@ -849,7 +842,7 @@ static void ath_tx_sched_aggr(struct ath
+ 		/* anchor last desc of aggregate */
+ 		ath9k_hw_set11n_aggr_last(sc->sc_ah, bf->bf_lastbf->bf_desc);
+ 
+-		ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, &bf_q);
++		ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, &bf_q, false);
+ 		TX_STAT_INC(txq->axq_qnum, a_aggr);
+ 
+ 	} while (txq->axq_ampdu_depth < ATH_AGGR_MIN_QDEPTH &&
+@@ -1085,7 +1078,6 @@ struct ath_txq *ath_txq_setup(struct ath
+ 		txq->txq_headidx = txq->txq_tailidx = 0;
+ 		for (i = 0; i < ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH; i++)
+ 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&txq->txq_fifo[i]);
+-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&txq->txq_fifo_pending);
+ 	}
+ 	return &sc->tx.txq[axq_qnum];
+ }
+@@ -1155,13 +1147,8 @@ static bool bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(stru
+     return bf_isampdu(bf) && !(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE);
+ }
+ 
+-/*
+- * Drain a given TX queue (could be Beacon or Data)
+- *
+- * This assumes output has been stopped and
+- * we do not need to block ath_tx_tasklet.
+- */
+-void ath_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq, bool retry_tx)
++static void ath_drain_txq_list(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
++			       struct list_head *list, bool retry_tx)
+ {
+ 	struct ath_buf *bf, *lastbf;
+ 	struct list_head bf_head;
+@@ -1170,93 +1157,63 @@ void ath_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc, 
+ 	memset(&ts, 0, sizeof(ts));
+ 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_head);
+ 
+-	for (;;) {
+-		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++	while (!list_empty(list)) {
++		bf = list_first_entry(list, struct ath_buf, list);
+ 
+-		if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA) {
+-			if (list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx])) {
+-				txq->txq_headidx = txq->txq_tailidx = 0;
+-				spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-				break;
+-			} else {
+-				bf = list_first_entry(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx],
+-						      struct ath_buf, list);
+-			}
+-		} else {
+-			if (list_empty(&txq->axq_q)) {
+-				txq->axq_link = NULL;
+-				spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-				break;
+-			}
+-			bf = list_first_entry(&txq->axq_q, struct ath_buf,
+-					      list);
+-
+-			if (bf->bf_stale) {
+-				list_del(&bf->list);
+-				spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++		if (bf->bf_stale) {
++			list_del(&bf->list);
+ 
+-				ath_tx_return_buffer(sc, bf);
+-				continue;
+-			}
++			ath_tx_return_buffer(sc, bf);
++			continue;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		lastbf = bf->bf_lastbf;
+-
+-		if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA) {
+-			list_cut_position(&bf_head,
+-					  &txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx],
+-					  &lastbf->list);
+-			INCR(txq->txq_tailidx, ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH);
+-		} else {
+-			/* remove ath_buf's of the same mpdu from txq */
+-			list_cut_position(&bf_head, &txq->axq_q, &lastbf->list);
+-		}
++		list_cut_position(&bf_head, list, &lastbf->list);
+ 
+ 		txq->axq_depth--;
+ 		if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
+ 			txq->axq_ampdu_depth--;
+-		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 
++		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 		if (bf_isampdu(bf))
+ 			ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, &bf_head, &ts, 0,
+ 					     retry_tx);
+ 		else
+ 			ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, &bf_head, &ts, 0, 0);
++		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 	}
++}
+ 
++/*
++ * Drain a given TX queue (could be Beacon or Data)
++ *
++ * This assumes output has been stopped and
++ * we do not need to block ath_tx_tasklet.
++ */
++void ath_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq, bool retry_tx)
++{
+ 	spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-	txq->axq_tx_inprogress = false;
+-	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-
+ 	if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA) {
+-		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-		while (!list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo_pending)) {
+-			bf = list_first_entry(&txq->txq_fifo_pending,
+-					      struct ath_buf, list);
+-			list_cut_position(&bf_head,
+-					  &txq->txq_fifo_pending,
+-					  &bf->bf_lastbf->list);
+-			spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++		int idx = txq->txq_tailidx;
+ 
+-			if (bf_isampdu(bf))
+-				ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, &bf_head,
+-						     &ts, 0, retry_tx);
+-			else
+-				ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, &bf_head,
+-						    &ts, 0, 0);
+-			spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++		while (!list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo[idx])) {
++			ath_drain_txq_list(sc, txq, &txq->txq_fifo[idx],
++					   retry_tx);
++
++			INCR(idx, ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH);
+ 		}
+-		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++		txq->txq_tailidx = idx;
+ 	}
+ 
++	txq->axq_link = NULL;
++	txq->axq_tx_inprogress = false;
++	ath_drain_txq_list(sc, txq, &txq->axq_q, retry_tx);
++
+ 	/* flush any pending frames if aggregation is enabled */
+-	if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR) {
+-		if (!retry_tx) {
+-			spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-			ath_txq_drain_pending_buffers(sc, txq);
+-			spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-		}
+-	}
++	if ((sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR) && !retry_tx)
++		ath_txq_drain_pending_buffers(sc, txq);
++
++	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ }
+ 
+ bool ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
+@@ -1370,11 +1327,13 @@ void ath_txq_schedule(struct ath_softc *
+  * assume the descriptors are already chained together by caller.
+  */
+ static void ath_tx_txqaddbuf(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
+-			     struct list_head *head)
++			     struct list_head *head, bool internal)
+ {
+ 	struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
+ 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
+-	struct ath_buf *bf;
++	struct ath_buf *bf, *bf_last;
++	bool puttxbuf = false;
++	bool edma;
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Insert the frame on the outbound list and
+@@ -1384,51 +1343,49 @@ static void ath_tx_txqaddbuf(struct ath_
+ 	if (list_empty(head))
+ 		return;
+ 
++	edma = !!(ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA);
+ 	bf = list_first_entry(head, struct ath_buf, list);
++	bf_last = list_entry(head->prev, struct ath_buf, list);
+ 
+ 	ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_QUEUE,
+ 		"qnum: %d, txq depth: %d\n", txq->axq_qnum, txq->axq_depth);
+ 
+-	if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA) {
+-		if (txq->axq_depth >= ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH) {
+-			list_splice_tail_init(head, &txq->txq_fifo_pending);
+-			return;
+-		}
+-		if (!list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_headidx]))
+-			ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT,
+-				"Initializing tx fifo %d which is non-empty\n",
+-				txq->txq_headidx);
+-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_headidx]);
+-		list_splice_init(head, &txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_headidx]);
++	if (edma && list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_headidx])) {
++		list_splice_tail_init(head, &txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_headidx]);
+ 		INCR(txq->txq_headidx, ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH);
+-		TX_STAT_INC(txq->axq_qnum, puttxbuf);
+-		ath9k_hw_puttxbuf(ah, txq->axq_qnum, bf->bf_daddr);
+-		ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT, "TXDP[%u] = %llx (%p)\n",
+-			txq->axq_qnum, ito64(bf->bf_daddr), bf->bf_desc);
++		puttxbuf = true;
+ 	} else {
+ 		list_splice_tail_init(head, &txq->axq_q);
+ 
+-		if (txq->axq_link == NULL) {
+-			TX_STAT_INC(txq->axq_qnum, puttxbuf);
+-			ath9k_hw_puttxbuf(ah, txq->axq_qnum, bf->bf_daddr);
+-			ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT, "TXDP[%u] = %llx (%p)\n",
+-				txq->axq_qnum, ito64(bf->bf_daddr),
+-				bf->bf_desc);
+-		} else {
+-			*txq->axq_link = bf->bf_daddr;
++		if (txq->axq_link) {
++			ath9k_hw_set_desc_link(ah, txq->axq_link, bf->bf_daddr);
+ 			ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT,
+ 				"link[%u] (%p)=%llx (%p)\n",
+ 				txq->axq_qnum, txq->axq_link,
+ 				ito64(bf->bf_daddr), bf->bf_desc);
+-		}
+-		ath9k_hw_get_desc_link(ah, bf->bf_lastbf->bf_desc,
+-				       &txq->axq_link);
++		} else if (!edma)
++			puttxbuf = true;
++
++		txq->axq_link = bf_last->bf_desc;
++	}
++
++	if (puttxbuf) {
++		TX_STAT_INC(txq->axq_qnum, puttxbuf);
++		ath9k_hw_puttxbuf(ah, txq->axq_qnum, bf->bf_daddr);
++		ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT, "TXDP[%u] = %llx (%p)\n",
++			txq->axq_qnum, ito64(bf->bf_daddr), bf->bf_desc);
++	}
++
++	if (!edma) {
+ 		TX_STAT_INC(txq->axq_qnum, txstart);
+ 		ath9k_hw_txstart(ah, txq->axq_qnum);
+ 	}
+-	txq->axq_depth++;
+-	if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
+-		txq->axq_ampdu_depth++;
++
++	if (!internal) {
++		txq->axq_depth++;
++		if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
++			txq->axq_ampdu_depth++;
++	}
+ }
+ 
+ static void ath_tx_send_ampdu(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_atx_tid *tid,
+@@ -1470,7 +1427,7 @@ static void ath_tx_send_ampdu(struct ath
+ 	TX_STAT_INC(txctl->txq->axq_qnum, a_queued_hw);
+ 	bf->bf_lastbf = bf;
+ 	ath_buf_set_rate(sc, bf, fi->framelen);
+-	ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txctl->txq, &bf_head);
++	ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txctl->txq, &bf_head, false);
+ }
+ 
+ static void ath_tx_send_normal(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
+@@ -1490,7 +1447,7 @@ static void ath_tx_send_normal(struct at
+ 	bf->bf_lastbf = bf;
+ 	fi = get_frame_info(bf->bf_mpdu);
+ 	ath_buf_set_rate(sc, bf, fi->framelen);
+-	ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, bf_head);
++	ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, bf_head, false);
+ 	TX_STAT_INC(txq->axq_qnum, queued);
+ }
+ 
+@@ -2077,6 +2034,38 @@ static void ath_tx_rc_status(struct ath_
+ 	tx_info->status.rates[tx_rateindex].count = ts->ts_longretry + 1;
+ }
+ 
++static void ath_tx_process_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
++				  struct ath_tx_status *ts, struct ath_buf *bf,
++				  struct list_head *bf_head)
++{
++	int txok;
++
++	txq->axq_depth--;
++	txok = !(ts->ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_MASK);
++	txq->axq_tx_inprogress = false;
++	if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
++		txq->axq_ampdu_depth--;
++
++	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++
++	if (!bf_isampdu(bf)) {
++		/*
++		 * This frame is sent out as a single frame.
++		 * Use hardware retry status for this frame.
++		 */
++		if (ts->ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_XRETRY)
++			bf->bf_state.bf_type |= BUF_XRETRY;
++		ath_tx_rc_status(sc, bf, ts, 1, txok ? 0 : 1, txok, true);
++		ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, bf_head, ts, txok, 0);
++	} else
++		ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, bf_head, ts, txok, true);
++
++	spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++
++	if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR)
++		ath_txq_schedule(sc, txq);
++}
++
+ static void ath_tx_processq(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq)
+ {
+ 	struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
+@@ -2085,20 +2074,18 @@ static void ath_tx_processq(struct ath_s
+ 	struct list_head bf_head;
+ 	struct ath_desc *ds;
+ 	struct ath_tx_status ts;
+-	int txok;
+ 	int status;
+ 
+ 	ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_QUEUE, "tx queue %d (%x), link %p\n",
+ 		txq->axq_qnum, ath9k_hw_gettxbuf(sc->sc_ah, txq->axq_qnum),
+ 		txq->axq_link);
+ 
++	spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 	for (;;) {
+-		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 		if (list_empty(&txq->axq_q)) {
+ 			txq->axq_link = NULL;
+ 			if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR)
+ 				ath_txq_schedule(sc, txq);
+-			spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 			break;
+ 		}
+ 		bf = list_first_entry(&txq->axq_q, struct ath_buf, list);
+@@ -2114,13 +2101,11 @@ static void ath_tx_processq(struct ath_s
+ 		bf_held = NULL;
+ 		if (bf->bf_stale) {
+ 			bf_held = bf;
+-			if (list_is_last(&bf_held->list, &txq->axq_q)) {
+-				spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++			if (list_is_last(&bf_held->list, &txq->axq_q))
+ 				break;
+-			} else {
+-				bf = list_entry(bf_held->list.next,
+-						struct ath_buf, list);
+-			}
++
++			bf = list_entry(bf_held->list.next, struct ath_buf,
++					list);
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		lastbf = bf->bf_lastbf;
+@@ -2128,10 +2113,9 @@ static void ath_tx_processq(struct ath_s
+ 
+ 		memset(&ts, 0, sizeof(ts));
+ 		status = ath9k_hw_txprocdesc(ah, ds, &ts);
+-		if (status == -EINPROGRESS) {
+-			spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++		if (status == -EINPROGRESS)
+ 			break;
+-		}
++
+ 		TX_STAT_INC(txq->axq_qnum, txprocdesc);
+ 
+ 		/*
+@@ -2145,42 +2129,14 @@ static void ath_tx_processq(struct ath_s
+ 			list_cut_position(&bf_head,
+ 				&txq->axq_q, lastbf->list.prev);
+ 
+-		txq->axq_depth--;
+-		txok = !(ts.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_MASK);
+-		txq->axq_tx_inprogress = false;
+-		if (bf_held)
++		if (bf_held) {
+ 			list_del(&bf_held->list);
+-
+-		if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
+-			txq->axq_ampdu_depth--;
+-
+-		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-
+-		if (bf_held)
+ 			ath_tx_return_buffer(sc, bf_held);
+-
+-		if (!bf_isampdu(bf)) {
+-			/*
+-			 * This frame is sent out as a single frame.
+-			 * Use hardware retry status for this frame.
+-			 */
+-			if (ts.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_XRETRY)
+-				bf->bf_state.bf_type |= BUF_XRETRY;
+-			ath_tx_rc_status(sc, bf, &ts, 1, txok ? 0 : 1, txok, true);
+ 		}
+ 
+-		if (bf_isampdu(bf))
+-			ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, &bf_head, &ts, txok,
+-					     true);
+-		else
+-			ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, &bf_head, &ts, txok, 0);
+-
+-		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-
+-		if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR)
+-			ath_txq_schedule(sc, txq);
+-		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++		ath_tx_process_buffer(sc, txq, &ts, bf, &bf_head);
+ 	}
++	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ }
+ 
+ static void ath_tx_complete_poll_work(struct work_struct *work)
+@@ -2237,17 +2193,17 @@ void ath_tx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc
+ 
+ void ath_tx_edma_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc)
+ {
+-	struct ath_tx_status txs;
++	struct ath_tx_status ts;
+ 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah);
+ 	struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
+ 	struct ath_txq *txq;
+ 	struct ath_buf *bf, *lastbf;
+ 	struct list_head bf_head;
+ 	int status;
+-	int txok;
+ 
++	spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 	for (;;) {
+-		status = ath9k_hw_txprocdesc(ah, NULL, (void *)&txs);
++		status = ath9k_hw_txprocdesc(ah, NULL, (void *)&ts);
+ 		if (status == -EINPROGRESS)
+ 			break;
+ 		if (status == -EIO) {
+@@ -2257,16 +2213,16 @@ void ath_tx_edma_tasklet(struct ath_soft
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		/* Skip beacon completions */
+-		if (txs.qid == sc->beacon.beaconq)
++		if (ts.qid == sc->beacon.beaconq)
+ 			continue;
+ 
+-		txq = &sc->tx.txq[txs.qid];
++		ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT,
++			"Tx status, descid=%04x\n", ts.desc_id);
+ 
+-		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-		if (list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx])) {
+-			spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+-			return;
+-		}
++		txq = &sc->tx.txq[ts.qid];
++
++		if (list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx]))
++			break;
+ 
+ 		bf = list_first_entry(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx],
+ 				      struct ath_buf, list);
+@@ -2275,43 +2231,24 @@ void ath_tx_edma_tasklet(struct ath_soft
+ 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_head);
+ 		list_cut_position(&bf_head, &txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx],
+ 				  &lastbf->list);
+-		INCR(txq->txq_tailidx, ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH);
+-		txq->axq_depth--;
+-		txq->axq_tx_inprogress = false;
+-		if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
+-			txq->axq_ampdu_depth--;
+-		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 
+-		txok = !(txs.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_MASK);
++		if (list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx])) {
++			INCR(txq->txq_tailidx, ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH);
+ 
+-		if (!bf_isampdu(bf)) {
+-			if (txs.ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_XRETRY)
+-				bf->bf_state.bf_type |= BUF_XRETRY;
+-			ath_tx_rc_status(sc, bf, &txs, 1, txok ? 0 : 1, txok, true);
+-		}
++			if (!list_empty(&txq->axq_q)) {
++				struct list_head bf_q;
+ 
+-		if (bf_isampdu(bf))
+-			ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, &bf_head, &txs,
+-					     txok, true);
+-		else
+-			ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, &bf_head,
+-					    &txs, txok, 0);
+-
+-		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
++				INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_q);
++				txq->axq_link = NULL;
++				list_splice_tail_init(&txq->axq_q, &bf_q);
++				ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, &bf_q, true);
++			}
++		}
+ 
+-		if (!list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo_pending)) {
+-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_head);
+-			bf = list_first_entry(&txq->txq_fifo_pending,
+-					      struct ath_buf, list);
+-			list_cut_position(&bf_head,
+-					  &txq->txq_fifo_pending,
+-					  &bf->bf_lastbf->list);
+-			ath_tx_txqaddbuf(sc, txq, &bf_head);
+-		} else if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR)
+-			ath_txq_schedule(sc, txq);
++		ath_tx_process_buffer(sc, txq, &ts, bf, &bf_head);
+ 
+-		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 	}
++	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ }
+ 
+ /*****************/
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ enum ATH_AGGR_STATUS {
+ struct ath_txq {
+ 	int mac80211_qnum; /* mac80211 queue number, -1 means not mac80211 Q */
+ 	u32 axq_qnum; /* ath9k hardware queue number */
+-	u32 *axq_link;
++	void *axq_link;
+ 	struct list_head axq_q;
+ 	spinlock_t axq_lock;
+ 	u32 axq_depth;
+@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ struct ath_txq {
+ 	bool axq_tx_inprogress;
+ 	struct list_head axq_acq;
+ 	struct list_head txq_fifo[ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH];
+-	struct list_head txq_fifo_pending;
+ 	u8 txq_headidx;
+ 	u8 txq_tailidx;
+ 	int pending_frames;
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ static bool ath9k_has_pending_frames(str
+ 
+ 	if (txq->axq_depth || !list_empty(&txq->axq_acq))
+ 		pending = true;
+-	else if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA)
+-		pending = !list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo_pending);
+ 
+ 	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+ 	return pending;
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c
+@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@ static ssize_t read_file_xmit(struct fil
+ 
+ 	PRQLE("axq_q empty:       ", axq_q);
+ 	PRQLE("axq_acq empty:     ", axq_acq);
+-	PRQLE("txq_fifo_pending:  ", txq_fifo_pending);
+ 	for (i = 0; i < ATH_TXFIFO_DEPTH; i++) {
+ 		snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp) - 1, "txq_fifo[%i] empty: ", i);
+ 		PRQLE(tmp, txq_fifo[i]);
diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/581-ath9k_remove_get_desc_link.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/581-ath9k_remove_get_desc_link.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5072842922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/581-ath9k_remove_get_desc_link.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_mac.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_mac.c
+@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ static void ar9002_hw_set_desc_link(void
+ 	((struct ath_desc*) ds)->ds_link = ds_link;
+ }
+ 
+-static void ar9002_hw_get_desc_link(void *ds, u32 **ds_link)
+-{
+-	*ds_link = &((struct ath_desc *)ds)->ds_link;
+-}
+-
+ static bool ar9002_hw_get_isr(struct ath_hw *ah, enum ath9k_int *masked)
+ {
+ 	u32 isr = 0;
+@@ -437,7 +432,6 @@ void ar9002_hw_attach_mac_ops(struct ath
+ 
+ 	ops->rx_enable = ar9002_hw_rx_enable;
+ 	ops->set_desc_link = ar9002_hw_set_desc_link;
+-	ops->get_desc_link = ar9002_hw_get_desc_link;
+ 	ops->get_isr = ar9002_hw_get_isr;
+ 	ops->fill_txdesc = ar9002_hw_fill_txdesc;
+ 	ops->proc_txdesc = ar9002_hw_proc_txdesc;
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.c
+@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@ static void ar9003_hw_set_desc_link(void
+ 	ads->ctl10 |= ar9003_calc_ptr_chksum(ads);
+ }
+ 
+-static void ar9003_hw_get_desc_link(void *ds, u32 **ds_link)
+-{
+-	struct ar9003_txc *ads = ds;
+-
+-	*ds_link = &ads->link;
+-}
+-
+ static bool ar9003_hw_get_isr(struct ath_hw *ah, enum ath9k_int *masked)
+ {
+ 	u32 isr = 0;
+@@ -498,7 +491,6 @@ void ar9003_hw_attach_mac_ops(struct ath
+ 
+ 	ops->rx_enable = ar9003_hw_rx_enable;
+ 	ops->set_desc_link = ar9003_hw_set_desc_link;
+-	ops->get_desc_link = ar9003_hw_get_desc_link;
+ 	ops->get_isr = ar9003_hw_get_isr;
+ 	ops->fill_txdesc = ar9003_hw_fill_txdesc;
+ 	ops->proc_txdesc = ar9003_hw_proc_txdesc;
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw-ops.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw-ops.h
+@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ static inline void ath9k_hw_set_desc_lin
+ 	ath9k_hw_ops(ah)->set_desc_link(ds, link);
+ }
+ 
+-static inline void ath9k_hw_get_desc_link(struct ath_hw *ah, void *ds,
+-					  u32 **link)
+-{
+-	ath9k_hw_ops(ah)->get_desc_link(ds, link);
+-}
+ static inline bool ath9k_hw_calibrate(struct ath_hw *ah,
+ 				      struct ath9k_channel *chan,
+ 				      u8 rxchainmask,
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
+@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ struct ath_hw_ops {
+ 				     int power_off);
+ 	void (*rx_enable)(struct ath_hw *ah);
+ 	void (*set_desc_link)(void *ds, u32 link);
+-	void (*get_desc_link)(void *ds, u32 **link);
+ 	bool (*calibrate)(struct ath_hw *ah,
+ 			  struct ath9k_channel *chan,
+ 			  u8 rxchainmask,