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wl1271: TX aggregation optimization
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In case the aggregation buffer is too small to hold all available packets,
the buffer is transferred to the FW and no more packets are aggregated.
Although there may be enough available TX blocks, no additional packets will
be handled by the current TX work.

Fix this by flushing the aggregation buffer when it's full, and continue
transferring packets as long as there are enough available TX blocks.

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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27 changes: 19 additions & 8 deletions drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_tx.c
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Expand Up @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int wl1271_tx_allocate(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 extra,
int id, ret = -EBUSY;

if (buf_offset + total_len > WL1271_AGGR_BUFFER_SIZE)
return -EBUSY;
return -EAGAIN;

/* allocate free identifier for the packet */
id = wl1271_tx_id(wl, skb);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ void wl1271_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct sk_buff *skb;
bool woken_up = false;
u32 sta_rates = 0;
u32 buf_offset;
u32 buf_offset = 0;
bool sent_packets = false;
int ret;

/* check if the rates supported by the AP have changed */
Expand All @@ -233,9 +234,6 @@ void wl1271_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
wl1271_acx_rate_policies(wl);
}

/* Prepare the transfer buffer, by aggregating all
* available packets */
buf_offset = 0;
while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&wl->tx_queue))) {
if (!woken_up) {
ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl, false);
Expand All @@ -245,10 +243,20 @@ void wl1271_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
}

ret = wl1271_prepare_tx_frame(wl, skb, buf_offset);
if (ret == -EBUSY) {
if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
/*
* Either the firmware buffer is full, or the
* aggregation buffer is.
* Aggregation buffer is full.
* Flush buffer and try again.
*/
skb_queue_head(&wl->tx_queue, skb);
wl1271_write(wl, WL1271_SLV_MEM_DATA, wl->aggr_buf,
buf_offset, true);
sent_packets = true;
buf_offset = 0;
continue;
} else if (ret == -EBUSY) {
/*
* Firmware buffer is full.
* Queue back last skb, and stop aggregating.
*/
skb_queue_head(&wl->tx_queue, skb);
Expand All @@ -265,6 +273,9 @@ void wl1271_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
if (buf_offset) {
wl1271_write(wl, WL1271_SLV_MEM_DATA, wl->aggr_buf,
buf_offset, true);
sent_packets = true;
}
if (sent_packets) {
/* interrupt the firmware with the new packets */
wl1271_write32(wl, WL1271_HOST_WR_ACCESS, wl->tx_packets_count);
}
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