Bugs in wake-queue logic.

[Ben Greear]

On 12/05/2015 05:42 AM, Michal Kazior wrote:
> On 04/12/2015, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
>> So, after tweaking a firmware image to actually be able to use
>> all tx-buffers, then queues can actually be stopped on the host
>> now.
>>
>> I'm now getting splats related to tx-queue being
>> out of range.
>>
>> Why are we using vdev_id as the queue-id below?
>>
>> void ath10k_mac_vif_tx_unlock(struct ath10k_vif *arvif, int reason)
>> {
>>           struct ath10k *ar = arvif->ar;
>>
>>           lockdep_assert_held(&ar->htt.tx_lock);
>>
>>           WARN_ON(reason >= BITS_PER_LONG);
>>           arvif->tx_paused &= ~BIT(reason);
>>
>>           if (ar->tx_paused)
>>                   return;
>>
>>           if (arvif->tx_paused)
>>                   return;
>>
>>           ieee80211_wake_queue(ar->hw, arvif->vdev_id);
>
> I guess you could try replacing arvif->vdev_id with
> arvif->vif->cab_queue. This along with vif->hw_queue[] share the same
> queue number associated with vdev_id. Refer to the add_interface()
> implementation, please.
>
> You don't need to increase mac80211's max_queues unless you intend to
> support a similar host queue control via firmware events like qca6174.

What about the comments about tx-locking?  Does that only apply to qca6174?

For host queue control, are firmware events really needed, or can we
just keep track of buffered pkts per peer and/or per vdev and use
that on the host?

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com