hot busy loop inside ath11k

[Kalle Valo]

"Yury Vostrikov" <mon at unformed.ru> writes:

> Hi Kalle,
>
> It seems there is problem with busy wait inside
> ath11k_debugfs_fw_stats_request. I have a laptop with QCNFA765 WiFi
> controller. It is running vanilla v6.11.4 with the following fw:
>
>> [    3.934078] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wcn6855 hw2.1
>> [    4.801624] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: chip_id 0x12 chip_family 0xb board_id 0xff soc_id 0x400c1211
>> [    4.802469] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: fw_version 0x11088c35 fw_build_timestamp 2024-04-17 08:34 fw_build_id WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.41
>
> Sometimes after device wakes up, the system becomes
> sluggish and burns CPU. A assume it is because of a firmware bug, but driver
> should not waste CPU regardless.
>
> According to perf, the most time is spent in busy waitin inside  ath11k_debugfs_fw_stats_request:
>
> 94.60%     0.00%  i3status         [kernel.kallsyms]                 [k] do_syscall_64
>         |
>          --94.60%--do_syscall_64
>                    |
>                     --94.55%--__sys_sendmsg
>                               ___sys_sendmsg
>                               ____sys_sendmsg
>                               netlink_sendmsg
>                               netlink_unicast
>                               genl_rcv
>                               netlink_rcv_skb
>                               genl_rcv_msg
>                               |
>                                --94.55%--genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit
>                                          __netlink_dump_start
>                                          netlink_dump
>                                          genl_dumpit
>                                          nl80211_dump_station
>                                          |
>                                           --94.55%--ieee80211_dump_station
>                                                     sta_set_sinfo
>                                                     |
>                                                      --94.55%--ath11k_mac_op_sta_statistics
>                                                                ath11k_debugfs_get_fw_stats
>                                                                |
>                                                                 --94.55%--ath11k_debugfs_fw_stats_request
>                                                                           |
>                                                                           |--41.73%--_raw_spin_lock_bh
>                                                                           |
>                                                                           |--22.74%--__local_bh_enable_ip
>                                                                           |
>                                                                           |--9.22%--_raw_spin_unlock_bh
>                                                                           |
>                                                                            --6.66%--srso_alias_safe_ret
>
> If I'm reading the code correctly, then ath11k_debugfs_fw_stats_request has 3 second timeout:
>
>> timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(3 * 1000);
>
> however, it only waits for 1 second:
>
>> time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->fw_stats_complete, 1 * HZ);
>
> the rest (2 seconds) is spent inside busy loop
>
>>	for (;;) {
>>		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout))
>>			break;
>>
>>		spin_lock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
>>		if (ar->fw_stats_done) {
>>			spin_unlock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
>>			break;
>>		}
>>		spin_unlock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
>>	}
>
>
> spinning  for 2 seconds seems excessive to me. What do you think?

Oh wow, excessive is an understatement :) That's horrible, I don't know
how we missed that. And an unlimited loop like that is a big no-no in
kernel, every loop should have a some kind of maximum limit. Can someone
send a patch?

> Also, if you happen to know how & where to report firmware bugs, I'd
> appreciate any pointers.

I recommend filing to bugzilla:

https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath11k/bugreport.html

Though we are overwhelmed with everything right now so don't expect a
quick response :/

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