[PATCH v5 2/2] wifi: ath11k: update channel list in worker when wait flag is set

Aditya Kumar Singh quic_adisi at quicinc.com
Tue Jan 21 01:03:45 PST 2025


On 1/17/25 11:47, Kang Yang wrote:
> From: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> 
> With previous patch "wifi: ath11k: move update channel list from update
> reg worker to reg notifier", ath11k_reg_update_chan_list() will be
> called during reg_process_self_managed_hint().
> 
> reg_process_self_managed_hint() will hold rtnl_lock all the time.
> But ath11k_reg_update_chan_list() may increase the occupation time of
> rtnl_lock, because when wait flag is set, wait_for_completion_timeout()
> will be called during 11d/hw scan.
> 
> Should minimize the occupation time of rtnl_lock as much as possible
> to avoid interfering with rest of the system. So move the update channel
> list operation to a new worker, so that wait_for_completion_timeout()
> won't be called and will not increase the occupation time of rtnl_lock.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> Co-developed-by: Kang Yang <quic_kangyang at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kang Yang <quic_kangyang at quicinc.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi at quicinc.com>


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Aditya



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