[PATCHv2 0/3] wifi: ath12k: Remove unsupported and unused ring configurations

Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan quic_vthiagar at quicinc.com
Sat Apr 27 20:29:38 PDT 2024



On 4/27/2024 9:56 PM, Tamizh Chelvam Raja wrote:
> Currently in driver doing memory allocation for tx_monitor,
> tcl_cmd_ring and tcl_status ring. Here driver support for
> tx_monitor mode is not there and memory for tcl_cmd and tcl_status
> rings are allocated by firmware and it uses that memory instead of
> host allocated. So avoid these unused ring setup configuration.
> 
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Tamizh Chelvam Raja (3):
>    wifi: ath12k: fix calling correct function for rx monitor mode
>    wifi: ath12k: Remove unsupported tx monitor handling
>    wifi: ath12k: Remove unused tcl_*_ring configuration
> 
> v2:
>    * Rebased on top of ToT
> 
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.c     | 16 -------
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h     |  2 -
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_mon.c | 40 +----------------
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_rx.c  | 56 ------------------------
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_tx.c  | 44 +------------------
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_tx.h  |  1 -
>   6 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-)
> 
> 

It nice to see code removal in general :)
But I've also seen some concerns internally around code removal
especially when the code will have to be re-added in future while
properly supporting the feature. I guess the cover letter
may need to clarify those concerns at least for internal review.

Other than that, the series LGTM

Vasanth



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