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wl1271: Fix TX queue low watermark handling
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The number of entries in the TX queue is compared to the low watermark
value each time TX completion interrupts are handled.
However, the fact that a TX completion arrived does not necessarily mean
there are any less skbs in the TX queue.

In addition, a TX completion interrupt does not necessarily mean that there
are any new available TX blocks. Thus, queuing TX work when the low
watermark is reached might not be needed.

Fix this by moving the low watermark handling to the TX work function,
and avoid queuing TX work in this case.

Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>
Reviewed-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
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Ido Yariv authored and John W. Linville committed Nov 15, 2010
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35 changes: 22 additions & 13 deletions drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
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Expand Up @@ -212,6 +212,20 @@ u32 wl1271_tx_enabled_rates_get(struct wl1271 *wl, u32 rate_set)
return enabled_rates;
}

static void handle_tx_low_watermark(struct wl1271 *wl)
{
unsigned long flags;

if (test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_TX_QUEUE_STOPPED, &wl->flags) &&
skb_queue_len(&wl->tx_queue) <= WL1271_TX_QUEUE_LOW_WATERMARK) {
/* firmware buffer has space, restart queues */
spin_lock_irqsave(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
ieee80211_wake_queues(wl->hw);
clear_bit(WL1271_FLAG_TX_QUEUE_STOPPED, &wl->flags);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
}
}

void wl1271_tx_work_locked(struct wl1271 *wl)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
Expand All @@ -225,6 +239,7 @@ void wl1271_tx_work_locked(struct wl1271 *wl)
if (unlikely(test_and_clear_bit(WL1271_FLAG_STA_RATES_CHANGED,
&wl->flags))) {
unsigned long flags;

spin_lock_irqsave(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
sta_rates = wl->sta_rate_set;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -285,6 +300,7 @@ void wl1271_tx_work_locked(struct wl1271 *wl)
if (sent_packets) {
/* interrupt the firmware with the new packets */
wl1271_write32(wl, WL1271_HOST_WR_ACCESS, wl->tx_packets_count);
handle_tx_low_watermark(wl);
}

out:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -399,19 +415,6 @@ void wl1271_tx_complete(struct wl1271 *wl)

wl->tx_results_count++;
}

if (test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_TX_QUEUE_STOPPED, &wl->flags) &&
skb_queue_len(&wl->tx_queue) <= WL1271_TX_QUEUE_LOW_WATERMARK) {
unsigned long flags;

/* firmware buffer has space, restart queues */
wl1271_debug(DEBUG_TX, "tx_complete: waking queues");
spin_lock_irqsave(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
ieee80211_wake_queues(wl->hw);
clear_bit(WL1271_FLAG_TX_QUEUE_STOPPED, &wl->flags);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
}
}

/* caller must hold wl->mutex */
Expand All @@ -426,6 +429,12 @@ void wl1271_tx_reset(struct wl1271 *wl)
ieee80211_tx_status(wl->hw, skb);
}

/*
* Make sure the driver is at a consistent state, in case this
* function is called from a context other than interface removal.
*/
handle_tx_low_watermark(wl);

for (i = 0; i < ACX_TX_DESCRIPTORS; i++)
if (wl->tx_frames[i] != NULL) {
skb = wl->tx_frames[i];
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