[PATCH 1/2] ath10k: Fix memory alloc failure in qca99x0 during wmi svc rdy event

[Kalle Valo]

Raja Mani <rmani at qti.qualcomm.com> writes:

> Host memory required for firmware is allocated while handling
> wmi service ready event. Right now, wmi service ready is handled
> in tasklet context and it calls dma_alloc_coherent() with atomic
> flag (GFP_ATOMIC) to allocate memory in host needed for firmware.
> The problem is, dma_alloc_coherent() with GFP_ATOMIC fails in
> the platform (at least in AP platform) where it has less atomic
> pool memory (< 2mb). QCA99X0 requires around 2 MB of host memory
> for one card, having additional QCA99X0 card in the same platform
> will require similarly amount of memory. So, it's not guaranteed that
> all the platform will have enough atomic memory pool.
>
> Fix this issue, by handling wmi service ready event in workqueue
> context and calling dma_alloc_coherent() with GFP_KERNEL. mac80211 work
> queue will not be ready at the time of handling wmi service ready.
> So, it can't be used to handle wmi service ready. Also, register work
> gets scheduled during insmod in existing ath10k_wq and waits for
> wmi service ready to completed. Both workqueue can't be used for
> this purpose. New auxiliary workqueue is added to handle wmi service
> ready.
>
> Signed-off-by: Raja Mani <rmani at qti.qualcomm.com>

I haven't reviewed this yet, but noticed a new warning:

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c:3881:6: warning: symbol 'ath10k_wmi_event_service_ready_work' was not declared. Should it be static?

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Kalle Valo