[PATCH 1/6] wifi: ath11k: avoid burning CPU in ath11k_debugfs_fw_stats_request()
Baochen Qiang
quic_bqiang at quicinc.com
Tue Nov 12 17:56:26 PST 2024
We get report [1] that CPU is running a hot loop in
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
This is because, if for whatever reason ar->fw_stats_done is not set by
ath11k_update_stats_event(), ath11k_debugfs_fw_stats_request() won't yield
CPU before an up to 3s timeout.
Add 100ms sleep to avoid CPU burning.
Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.37
Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
Reported-by: Yury Vostrikov <mon at unformed.ru>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7324ac7a-8b7a-42a5-aa19-de52138ff638@app.fastmail.com/ # [1]
Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c
index 57281a135dd7..a5e0f2092da5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ static int ath11k_debugfs_fw_stats_request(struct ath11k *ar,
break;
}
spin_unlock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
+
+ /* 100ms is empirical, change if required */
+ msleep(100);
}
return 0;
}
--
2.25.1
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