[PATCH 1/3] ath11k: Enable threaded NAPI on WCN6750
Kalle Valo
kvalo at kernel.org
Fri Sep 2 05:37:10 PDT 2022
Manikanta Pubbisetty <quic_mpubbise at quicinc.com> wrote:
> Enable threaded NAPI on WCN6750. Unlike traditional NAPI poll which
> runs in softirq context and on the core which scheduled the NAPI,
> threaded NAPI makes use of kernel threads which are under direct
> control of the scheduler and helps in balancing the NAPI processing
> load across multiple CPUs thereby improving throughput.
>
> In the case of WCN6750, enabling threaded NAPI has improved
> 160 MHz RX throughput by nearly 400 Mbps. This should give similar
> gains for other ath11k devices as well, therefore enable threaded
> NAPI on all other devices.
>
> Tested-on: WCN6750 hw1.0 AHB WLAN.MSL.1.0.1-00887-QCAMSLSWPLZ-1
>
> Signed-off-by: Manikanta Pubbisetty <quic_mpubbise at quicinc.com>
Fails to apply and no base commit provided, so please rebase.
error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c:111
error: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c: patch does not apply
error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hw.h:205
error: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hw.h: patch does not apply
stg import: Diff does not apply cleanly
3 patches set to Changes Requested.
12924009 [1/3] ath11k: Enable threaded NAPI on WCN6750
12924011 [2/3] ath11k: Add multi TX ring support for WCN6750
12924010 [3/3] ath11k: Increase TCL data ring size for WCN6750
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220720135113.15755-2-quic_mpubbise@quicinc.com/
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