[PATCH] wifi: ath12k: Use msdu_end to check MCBC

Baochen Qiang quic_bqiang at quicinc.com
Mon May 8 20:42:43 PDT 2023


On 4/29/2023 1:13 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com> writes:
>
>> We are seeing a very low TCP throughput testing with some specific
>> tools. This is because for sub-frames of an AMSDU, MCBC flag in
>> mpdu_start may be not valid, and as a result those frames would be
>> dropped by kernel.
>>
>> Change to get it from msdu_end.
>>
>> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI
>> WLAN.HMT.1.0-03427-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.15378.4
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hal.c | 4 ++--
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hal.c
>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hal.c
>> index 0ec53afe9915..980ec2024b37 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hal.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hal.c
>> @@ -889,8 +889,8 @@ static u8
>> *ath12k_hw_wcn7850_rx_desc_mpdu_start_addr2(struct hal_rx_desc *desc)
>>   
>>   static bool ath12k_hw_wcn7850_rx_desc_is_mcbc(struct hal_rx_desc *desc)
>>   {
>> -	return __le32_to_cpu(desc->u.wcn7850.mpdu_start.info6) &
>> -	       RX_MPDU_START_INFO6_MCAST_BCAST;
>> +	return __le32_to_cpu(desc->u.wcn7850.msdu_end.info5) &
>> +	       RX_MSDU_END_INFO5_DA_IS_MCBC;
> New warnings:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hal.c:892:16: warning: cast to restricted __le32
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hal.c:892:16: warning: cast from restricted __le16
>
> Please remember always run ath12k-check (with sparse installed).

Hi Kalle,

I have sent v2 where I change __le32_to_cpu to __le16_to_cpu which 
should fix this warning.

But I can not find ath12k-check, where is this tool? Could you help 
point out?




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