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Re: [RFC] ath10k: replenish HTT RX buffers in a tasklet

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Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 24 September 2013 08:22, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> This fixes system starvation when under heavy RX
>>> traffic. This problem could be observed on AP135
>>> and led to watchdog resetting the platform.
>>>
>>> Patch starves FW RX ring buffer by progressively
>>> replenishing buffers to auto-balance the RX
>>> handled to the host system.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Looks good to me. I suspect there is a better way to do this in long
>> term, but this looks like a viable short term solution.
>>
>> Does it decrease throughput in a noticeable way?
>
> I have yet to observe any regressions.

Good. If you think the patch should be applied please resend it as
"[PATCH]" so that I can apply it.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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