kernel: ath10k: provide a build variant for small RAM devices

Based on: 1ac627024de9 ("kernel: ath10k-ct: provide a build variant for
small RAM devices")

Like described in the ath10k-ct-smallbuffers version, oom-killer gets
triggered frequently by devices with small RAM.

That change is necessary for many community mesh networks which use
ath10k based devices with too little RAM. The -ct driver has been
proven unstable if used with 11s meshing and only wave2 chipsets are
supporting 11s. Freifunk Berlin is nowadays assembling its
firmware-based completely of vanilla OpenWRT with some package additions
which are made through the imagebuilder. Therefore we cannot take the
approach other freifunk communities have taken to maintain that patch
downstream [1]. Other communities consider these devices as broken and
that change would pretty much give those devices a second life [2].
[1] - https://git.freifunk-franken.de/mirror/openwrt/commit/450b306e540bc0f2c8a8841bbe4d9612f2b8cdea
[2] - https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/1988#issuecomment-619532909

Signed-off-by: Simon Polack <spolack+git@mailbox.org>
Signed-off-by: Nick Hainke <vincent@systemli.org>

3 files changed, 82 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile b/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile
index 251f2f8f8b..2f9fd11f10 100644
--- a/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile
@@ -419,9 +419,15 @@ config-$(call config_package,rsi91x-sdio) += RSI_SDIO
 
 config-$(CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGERS) += MAC80211_LEDS
 
+C_DEFINES=
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),smallbuffers)
+	C_DEFINES+= -DCONFIG_ATH10K_SMALLBUFFERS
+endif
+
 MAKE_OPTS:= -C "$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)" \
 	$(KERNEL_MAKE_FLAGS) \
-	EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include $(IREMAP_CFLAGS)" \
+	EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include $(IREMAP_CFLAGS) $(C_DEFINES)" \
 	KLIB_BUILD="$(LINUX_DIR)" \
 	MODPROBE=true \
 	KLIB=$(TARGET_MODULES_DIR) \
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/ath.mk b/package/kernel/mac80211/ath.mk
index ba03ae11a6..50b1eed9c8 100644
--- a/package/kernel/mac80211/ath.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/ath.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PKG_DRIVERS += \
-	ath ath5k ath6kl ath6kl-sdio ath6kl-usb ath9k ath9k-common ath9k-htc ath10k \
+	ath ath5k ath6kl ath6kl-sdio ath6kl-usb ath9k ath9k-common ath9k-htc ath10k ath10k-smallbuffers \
 	carl9170 owl-loader ar5523 wil6210
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS += \
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ config-$(CONFIG_ATH10K_THERMAL) += ATH10K_THERMAL
 
 config-$(call config_package,ath9k-htc) += ATH9K_HTC
 config-$(call config_package,ath10k) += ATH10K ATH10K_PCI
+config-$(call config_package,ath10k-smallbuffers) += ATH10K ATH10K_PCI ATH10K_SMALLBUFFERS
 
 config-$(call config_package,ath5k) += ATH5K
 ifdef CONFIG_TARGET_ath25
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ define KernelPackage/ath10k
 	$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_core.ko \
 	$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_pci.ko
   AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,ath10k_pci)
+  VARIANT:=regular
 endef
 
 define KernelPackage/ath10k/description
@@ -273,14 +275,20 @@ define KernelPackage/ath10k/config
        config ATH10K_LEDS
                bool "Enable LED support"
                default y
-               depends on PACKAGE_kmod-ath10k
+               depends on PACKAGE_kmod-ath10k || PACKAGE_kmod-ath10k-smallbuffers
 
        config ATH10K_THERMAL
                bool "Enable thermal sensors and throttling support"
-               depends on PACKAGE_kmod-ath10k
+               depends on PACKAGE_kmod-ath10k || PACKAGE_kmod-ath10k-smallbuffers
 
 endef
 
+define KernelPackage/ath10k-smallbuffers
+  $(call KernelPackage/ath10k)
+  TITLE+= (small buffers for low-RAM devices)
+  VARIANT:=smallbuffers
+endef
+
 define KernelPackage/carl9170
   $(call KernelPackage/mac80211/Default)
   TITLE:=Driver for Atheros AR9170 USB sticks
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/ath10k/990-ath10k-small-buffers.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/ath10k/990-ath10k-small-buffers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f560c70a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/ath10k/990-ath10k-small-buffers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
+@@ -235,7 +235,11 @@ enum htt_rx_ring_flags {
+ };
+ 
+ #define HTT_RX_RING_SIZE_MIN 128
++#ifndef CONFIG_ATH10K_SMALLBUFFERS
+ #define HTT_RX_RING_SIZE_MAX 2048
++#else
++#define HTT_RX_RING_SIZE_MAX 512
++#endif
+ #define HTT_RX_RING_SIZE HTT_RX_RING_SIZE_MAX
+ #define HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL (((HTT_RX_RING_SIZE) / 2) - 1)
+ #define HTT_RX_RING_FILL_LEVEL_DUAL_MAC (HTT_RX_RING_SIZE - 1)
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
+@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ static const struct ce_attr pci_host_ce_
+ 		.flags = CE_ATTR_FLAGS,
+ 		.src_nentries = 0,
+ 		.src_sz_max = 2048,
++#ifndef CONFIG_ATH10K_SMALLBUFFERS
+ 		.dest_nentries = 512,
++#else
++		.dest_nentries = 128,
++#endif
+ 		.recv_cb = ath10k_pci_htt_htc_rx_cb,
+ 	},
+ 
+@@ -140,7 +144,11 @@ static const struct ce_attr pci_host_ce_
+ 		.flags = CE_ATTR_FLAGS,
+ 		.src_nentries = 0,
+ 		.src_sz_max = 2048,
++#ifndef CONFIG_ATH10K_SMALLBUFFERS
+ 		.dest_nentries = 128,
++#else
++		.dest_nentries = 64,
++#endif
+ 		.recv_cb = ath10k_pci_htc_rx_cb,
+ 	},
+ 
+@@ -167,7 +175,11 @@ static const struct ce_attr pci_host_ce_
+ 		.flags = CE_ATTR_FLAGS,
+ 		.src_nentries = 0,
+ 		.src_sz_max = 512,
++#ifndef CONFIG_ATH10K_SMALLBUFFERS
+ 		.dest_nentries = 512,
++#else
++		.dest_nentries = 128,
++#endif
+ 		.recv_cb = ath10k_pci_htt_rx_cb,
+ 	},
+ 
+@@ -192,7 +204,11 @@ static const struct ce_attr pci_host_ce_
+ 		.flags = CE_ATTR_FLAGS,
+ 		.src_nentries = 0,
+ 		.src_sz_max = 2048,
++#ifndef CONFIG_ATH10K_SMALLBUFFERS
+ 		.dest_nentries = 128,
++#else
++		.dest_nentries = 96,
++#endif
+ 		.recv_cb = ath10k_pci_pktlog_rx_cb,
+ 	},
+