[PATCH] Remove firmware allocation from wcn struct

Eugene Krasnikov k.eugene.e at gmail.com
Fri Jul 12 09:34:37 EDT 2013


Was about to merege this patch but noticed this line in main.c:
+#include <linux/firmware.h>

Do we need it for something?

2013/7/12 Eugene Krasnikov <k.eugene.e at gmail.com>:
> Looks good to me.
>
> 2013/7/12 Olof Johansson <dev at skyshaper.net>:
>> And pull request: https://github.com/KrasnikovEugene/wcn36xx/pull/79
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Olof Johansson <dev at skyshaper.net> wrote:
>>> Remove the nv pointer from the wcn struct and keep it inside the
>>> smd_load_nv function as local. This way we don't keep it allocated
>>> throught the life of the module and won't waste memory.
>>>
>>> This commit also includes minor cleanup of unused variables in the
>>> smd_load_nv function.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <dev at skyshaper.net>
>>> ---
>>>  main.c    | 13 ++-----------
>>>  smd.c     | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>>>  wcn36xx.h |  2 --
>>>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
>>> index 6800b17..d9ea7bc 100644
>>> --- a/main.c
>>> +++ b/main.c
>>> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>>>
>>>  #include <linux/module.h>
>>>  #include <linux/wcnss_wlan.h>
>>> +#include <linux/firmware.h>
>>>  #include "wcn36xx.h"
>>>
>>>  unsigned int debug_mask;
>>> @@ -961,24 +962,15 @@ static int __init wcn36xx_init(void)
>>>         private_hw = hw;
>>>         wcn->beacon_enable = false;
>>>
>>> -       ret = request_firmware(&wcn->nv, WLAN_NV_FILE, wcn->dev);
>>> -       if (ret) {
>>> -               wcn36xx_error("Failed to load nv file %s: %d", WLAN_NV_FILE,
>>> -                             ret);
>>> -               goto out_unmap;
>>> -       }
>>> -
>>>         wcn36xx_read_mac_addresses(wcn);
>>>         SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR(wcn->hw, wcn->addresses[0].addr);
>>>
>>>         ret = ieee80211_register_hw(wcn->hw);
>>>         if (ret)
>>> -               goto out_free_nv;
>>> +               goto out_unmap;
>>>
>>>         return 0;
>>>
>>> -out_free_nv:
>>> -       release_firmware(wcn->nv);
>>>  out_unmap:
>>>         iounmap(wcn->mmio);
>>>  out_wq:
>>> @@ -999,7 +991,6 @@ static void __exit wcn36xx_exit(void)
>>>         ieee80211_unregister_hw(hw);
>>>         destroy_workqueue(wcn->wq);
>>>         iounmap(wcn->mmio);
>>> -       release_firmware(wcn->nv);
>>>         ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
>>>  }
>>>  module_exit(wcn36xx_exit);
>>> diff --git a/smd.c b/smd.c
>>> index d3597ca..8ca15f1 100644
>>> --- a/smd.c
>>> +++ b/smd.c
>>> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
>>>   */
>>>
>>>  #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>>> +#include <linux/firmware.h>
>>>  #include "smd.h"
>>>
>>>  static int wcn36xx_smd_send_and_wait(struct wcn36xx *wcn, size_t len)
>>> @@ -84,22 +85,27 @@ static int wcn36xx_smd_rsp_status_check(void *buf, size_t len)
>>>
>>>  int wcn36xx_smd_load_nv(struct wcn36xx *wcn)
>>>  {
>>> +       const struct firmware *nv;
>>>         struct nv_data *nv_d;
>>>         struct wcn36xx_hal_nv_img_download_req_msg msg_body;
>>>         int fw_bytes_left;
>>> -       int ret = 0, fw_size, i = 0;
>>> +       int ret;
>>>         u16 fm_offset = 0;
>>> -       i = 0;
>>>
>>> -       nv_d = (struct nv_data *)wcn->nv->data;
>>> -       fw_size = wcn->nv->size;
>>> +       ret = request_firmware(&nv, WLAN_NV_FILE, wcn->dev);
>>> +       if (ret) {
>>> +               wcn36xx_error("Failed to load nv file %s: %d", WLAN_NV_FILE, ret);
>>> +               goto out_free_nv;
>>> +       }
>>> +
>>> +       nv_d = (struct nv_data *)nv->data;
>>>         INIT_HAL_MSG(msg_body, WCN36XX_HAL_DOWNLOAD_NV_REQ);
>>>
>>>         msg_body.header.len += WCN36XX_NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
>>>
>>>         msg_body.frag_number = 0;
>>>         do {
>>> -               fw_bytes_left = wcn->nv->size - fm_offset - 4;
>>> +               fw_bytes_left = nv->size - fm_offset - 4;
>>>                 if (fw_bytes_left > WCN36XX_NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE) {
>>>                         msg_body.last_fragment = 0;
>>>                         msg_body.nv_img_buffer_size = WCN36XX_NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
>>> @@ -132,6 +138,9 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_load_nv(struct wcn36xx *wcn)
>>>
>>>         } while (msg_body.last_fragment != 1);
>>>
>>> +out_free_nv:
>>> +       release_firmware(nv);
>>> +
>>>         return ret;
>>>  }
>>>
>>> diff --git a/wcn36xx.h b/wcn36xx.h
>>> index 3c70e7a..743325e 100644
>>> --- a/wcn36xx.h
>>> +++ b/wcn36xx.h
>>> @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
>>>
>>>  #include <linux/completion.h>
>>>  #include <linux/printk.h>
>>> -#include <linux/firmware.h>
>>>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>>>  #include <linux/workqueue.h>
>>>  #include <mach/msm_smd.h>
>>> @@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ struct wcn36xx {
>>>         struct ieee80211_hw     *hw;
>>>         struct workqueue_struct *wq;
>>>         struct device           *dev;
>>> -       const struct firmware   *nv;
>>>         struct mac_address      addresses[2];
>>>         struct wcn36xx_hal_mac_ssid ssid;
>>>         u16                     aid;
>>> --
>>> 1.8.3.1
>>>
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>
> --
> Best regards,
> Eugene



-- 
Best regards,
Eugene



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