From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E24C31E49 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:33:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 603EF21473 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:33:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726266AbfFPHdv (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Jun 2019 03:33:51 -0400 Received: from alexa-out-ams-02.qualcomm.com ([185.23.61.163]:59666 "EHLO alexa-out-ams-02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725992AbfFPHdv (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Jun 2019 03:33:51 -0400 Received: from ironmsg02-ams.qualcomm.com ([10.251.56.3]) by alexa-out-ams-02.qualcomm.com with ESMTP; 16 Jun 2019 09:26:14 +0200 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9289"; a="8499833" Received: from lx-merez1.mea.qualcomm.com ([10.18.173.103]) by ironmsg02-ams.qualcomm.com with ESMTP; 16 Jun 2019 09:26:11 +0200 From: Maya Erez To: Kalle Valo Cc: Ahmad Masri , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, wil6210@qti.qualcomm.com, Maya Erez Subject: [PATCH 03/11] wil6210: increase the frequency of status ring hw tail update Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:25:59 +0300 Message-Id: <1560669967-23706-4-git-send-email-merez@codeaurora.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1560669967-23706-1-git-send-email-merez@codeaurora.org> References: <1560669967-23706-1-git-send-email-merez@codeaurora.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Ahmad Masri The driver updates Tx status ring HW tail only after it finishes processing the whole status ring, while the HW is still transmitting from other transmit rings. This can cause back-pressure on HW if no status entries are available. Update HW tail of Tx status ring without waiting for the end of the processing to help feeding back the HW with status entries and to allow additional packet transmission. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Masri Signed-off-by: Maya Erez --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c index 6140db5..dc040cd 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ #include "txrx.h" #include "trace.h" +/* Max number of entries (packets to complete) to update the hwtail of tx + * status ring. Should be power of 2 + */ +#define WIL_EDMA_TX_SRING_UPDATE_HW_TAIL 128 #define WIL_EDMA_MAX_DATA_OFFSET (2) /* RX buffer size must be aligned to 4 bytes */ #define WIL_EDMA_RX_BUF_LEN_DEFAULT (2048) @@ -1155,7 +1159,7 @@ int wil_tx_sring_handler(struct wil6210_priv *wil, struct wil_net_stats *stats; struct wil_tx_enhanced_desc *_d; unsigned int ring_id; - unsigned int num_descs; + unsigned int num_descs, num_statuses = 0; int i; u8 dr_bit; /* Descriptor Ready bit */ struct wil_ring_tx_status msg; @@ -1276,6 +1280,11 @@ int wil_tx_sring_handler(struct wil6210_priv *wil, } again: + num_statuses++; + if (num_statuses % WIL_EDMA_TX_SRING_UPDATE_HW_TAIL == 0) + /* update HW tail to allow HW to push new statuses */ + wil_w(wil, sring->hwtail, sring->swhead); + wil_sring_advance_swhead(sring); wil_get_next_tx_status_msg(sring, &msg); @@ -1286,8 +1295,9 @@ int wil_tx_sring_handler(struct wil6210_priv *wil, if (desc_cnt) wil_update_net_queues(wil, vif, NULL, false); - /* Update the HW tail ptr (RD ptr) */ - wil_w(wil, sring->hwtail, (sring->swhead - 1) % sring->size); + if (num_statuses % WIL_EDMA_TX_SRING_UPDATE_HW_TAIL != 0) + /* Update the HW tail ptr (RD ptr) */ + wil_w(wil, sring->hwtail, (sring->swhead - 1) % sring->size); return desc_cnt; } -- 1.9.1