From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.19.149.2]:30040 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758526Ab1CDO07 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:26:59 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.105]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:26:36 -0800 Message-ID: <4D70F6AD.7050700@atheros.com> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 19:56:53 +0530 From: Mohammed Shafi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" CC: Mohammed Shajakhan , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Luis Rodriguez , "stable@kernel.org" Subject: Re: [RFC] ath9k: Fix ath9k prevents CPU to enter C3 states References: <1297785572-27955-1-git-send-email-mshajakhan@atheros.com> <20110215161222.GD2557@tuxdriver.com> <4D5B5B02.4020101@atheros.com> <4D70816D.80304@atheros.com> <20110304133722.GA9866@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20110304133722.GA9866@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Friday 04 March 2011 07:07 PM, John W. Linville wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 11:36:37AM +0530, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > >> On Wednesday 16 February 2011 10:35 AM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 15 February 2011 09:42 PM, John W. Linville wrote: >>> >>>> Despite the [RFC], I am applying this. I should have reverted all >>>> of this three weeks ago... >>>> >> John can you please push this to stable kernel ? >> > Stable folks, this is the commit in Linus's tree; > Thanks a lot John. > commit 0f5cd45960173ba5b36727decbb4a241cbd35ef9 > Author: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan > Date: Tue Feb 15 21:29:32 2011 +0530 > > ath9k: Fix ath9k prevents CPU to enter C3 states > > The DMA latency issue is observed only in Intel pinetrail platforms > but in the driver we had a default PM-QOS value of 55. This caused > unnecessary power consumption and battery drain in other platforms. > > Remove the pm-qos thing in the driver code and address the throughput > issue in Intel pinetrail platfroms in user space using any one of > the scripts in below links: > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/scripts/cpudmalatency.c > http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/files/netlatency.c.txt > > More details can be found in the following bugzilla link: > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27532 > > This reverts the following commits: > > 98c316e348bedffa730e6f1e4baeb8a3c3e0f28b > 4dc3530df7c0428b41c00399a7ee8c929406d181 > 10598c124ecabbbfd7522f74de19b8f7d52a1bee > > Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > > >>> Thanks John. >>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 09:29:32PM +0530, Mohammed Shafi >>>> Shajakhan wrote: >>>> >>>>> From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan >>>>> >>>>> The DMA latency issue is observed only in Intel pinetrail platforms but >>>>> in the driver we had a default PM-QOS value of 55. This caused >>>>> unnecessary power consumption and battery drain in other platforms. >>>>> Remove the pm-qos thing in the driver code and address the >>>>> throughput issue in >>>>> Intel pinetrail platfroms in user space using any one of the >>>>> scripts in below links: >>>>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/scripts/cpudmalatency.c >>>>> >>>>> http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/files/netlatency.c.txt >>>>> More details can be found in the following bugzilla link: >>>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27532 >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan >>>>> --- >>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h | 5 ----- >>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 7 ------- >>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 8 -------- >>>>> 3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h >>>>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h >>>>> index ba436cd..0052f64 100644 >>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h >>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h >>>>> @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ >>>>> #include >>>>> #include >>>>> #include >>>>> -#include >>>>> >>>>> #include "debug.h" >>>>> #include "common.h" >>>>> @@ -57,8 +56,6 @@ struct ath_node; >>>>> >>>>> #define A_MAX(a, b) ((a)> (b) ? (a) : (b)) >>>>> >>>>> -#define ATH9K_PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE 55 >>>>> - >>>>> #define TSF_TO_TU(_h,_l) \ >>>>> ((((u32)(_h))<< 22) | (((u32)(_l))>> 10)) >>>>> >>>>> @@ -650,7 +647,6 @@ struct ath_softc { >>>>> >>>>> struct ath_ant_comb ant_comb; >>>>> >>>>> - struct pm_qos_request_list pm_qos_req; >>>>> }; >>>>> >>>>> void ath9k_tasklet(unsigned long data); >>>>> @@ -665,7 +661,6 @@ static inline void >>>>> ath_read_cachesize(struct ath_common *common, int *csz) >>>>> extern struct ieee80211_ops ath9k_ops; >>>>> extern int ath9k_modparam_nohwcrypt; >>>>> extern int led_blink; >>>>> -extern int ath9k_pm_qos_value; >>>>> extern bool is_ath9k_unloaded; >>>>> >>>>> irqreturn_t ath_isr(int irq, void *dev); >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c >>>>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c >>>>> index e5c1eea..8fed4e4 100644 >>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c >>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c >>>>> @@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ static int ath9k_btcoex_enable; >>>>> module_param_named(btcoex_enable, ath9k_btcoex_enable, int, 0444); >>>>> MODULE_PARM_DESC(btcoex_enable, "Enable wifi-BT coexistence"); >>>>> >>>>> -int ath9k_pm_qos_value = ATH9K_PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE; >>>>> -module_param_named(pmqos, ath9k_pm_qos_value, int, S_IRUSR | >>>>> S_IRGRP | S_IROTH); >>>>> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(pmqos, "User specified PM-QOS value"); >>>>> >>>>> bool is_ath9k_unloaded; >>>>> /* We use the hw_value as an index into our private channel >>>>> structure */ >>>>> @@ -760,9 +757,6 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct >>>>> ath_softc *sc, u16 subsysid, >>>>> ath_init_leds(sc); >>>>> ath_start_rfkill_poll(sc); >>>>> >>>>> - pm_qos_add_request(&sc->pm_qos_req, PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY, >>>>> - PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE); >>>>> - >>>>> return 0; >>>>> >>>>> error_world: >>>>> @@ -819,7 +813,6 @@ void ath9k_deinit_device(struct ath_softc *sc) >>>>> ath9k_ps_restore(sc); >>>>> >>>>> ieee80211_unregister_hw(hw); >>>>> - pm_qos_remove_request(&sc->pm_qos_req); >>>>> ath_rx_cleanup(sc); >>>>> ath_tx_cleanup(sc); >>>>> ath9k_deinit_softc(sc); >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c >>>>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c >>>>> index 4f568b8..1d2c7c3 100644 >>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c >>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c >>>>> @@ -1117,12 +1117,6 @@ static int ath9k_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) >>>>> ath9k_btcoex_timer_resume(sc); >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> - /* User has the option to provide pm-qos value as a module >>>>> - * parameter rather than using the default value of >>>>> - * 'ATH9K_PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE'. >>>>> - */ >>>>> - pm_qos_update_request(&sc->pm_qos_req, ath9k_pm_qos_value); >>>>> - >>>>> if (ah->caps.pcie_lcr_extsync_en&& >>>>> common->bus_ops->extn_synch_en) >>>>> common->bus_ops->extn_synch_en(common); >>>>> >>>>> @@ -1267,8 +1261,6 @@ static void ath9k_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) >>>>> >>>>> sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_INVALID; >>>>> >>>>> - pm_qos_update_request(&sc->pm_qos_req, PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE); >>>>> - >>>>> mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex); >>>>> >>>>> ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "Driver halt\n"); >>>>> -- >>>>> 1.7.0.4 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> >> >