[RFC/RFT 0/7] ath10k: performance improvements

[Kalle Valo]

Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> These patches aim at reducing host CPU load and
> thus improve performance on low-end systems.
>
> In my setup I get a relative improvement of
> 100mbps for both UDP Tx and Rx.
>
>                Tx ----->
> laptop:eth---eth:AP135:ath10k---ath10k:laptop
>                <----- Rx
>
>
> Michal Kazior (7):
>   ath10k: remove DMA mapping wrappers
>   ath10k: remove is_aborted from skb_cb
>   ath10k: replace send_head() with tx_sg()
>   ath10k: bypass htc for htt tx path
>   ath10k: batch htt tx/rx completions
>   ath10k: remove pci completion list
>   ath10k: minimize coherent dma accesses

Ok, now I reviewed the patches and sent some comments. But I didn't run
any tests yet. I assume you also saw these warnings from the build bot:

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c:274:17: sparse: context imbalance in 'ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu_pop' - unexpected unlock
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c:505 ath10k_htt_tx() warn: potential pointer math issue ('skb_cb->htt.txbuf' is a 352 bit pointer)
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c:423:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'dma_pool_alloc' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c:112:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'dma_pool_create' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c:149:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'dma_pool_destroy' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c:529:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'dma_pool_free' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c:423:20: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c:72:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'dma_pool_free' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

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Kalle Valo