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Re: [PATCH v2 06/18] ath9k: add new function ath9k_hw_read_array

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On 03/21/2015 09:47 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> REG_READ generate most overhead on usb bus. It send and read micro packages
> and reduce usb bandwidth. To reduce this overhead we should read in batches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
> index 60aa8d7..15433c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
> @@ -121,6 +121,26 @@ void ath9k_hw_write_array(struct ath_hw *ah, const struct ar5416IniArray *array,
>  	REGWRITE_BUFFER_FLUSH(ah);
>  }
>  
> +void ath9k_hw_read_array(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 array[][2], int size)
> +{
> +	u32 *tmp_reg_list, *tmp_data;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	tmp_reg_list = kmalloc(size * sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	tmp_data = kmalloc(size * sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);

You probably want to check for kmalloc returning NULL here.

> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
> +		tmp_reg_list[i] = array[i][0];
> +
> +	REG_READ_MULTI(ah, tmp_reg_list, tmp_data, size);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
> +		array[i][1] = tmp_data[i];
> +
> +	kfree(tmp_reg_list);
> +	kfree(tmp_data);
> +}
> +
>  u32 ath9k_hw_reverse_bits(u32 val, u32 n)
>  {
>  	u32 retval;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
> index f1864cc..66aba10 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
> @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@
>  
>  #define REG_WRITE_ARRAY(iniarray, column, regWr) \
>  	ath9k_hw_write_array(ah, iniarray, column, &(regWr))
> +#define REG_READ_ARRAY(ah, array, size) \
> +	ath9k_hw_read_array(ah, array, size)
>  
>  #define AR_GPIO_OUTPUT_MUX_AS_OUTPUT             0
>  #define AR_GPIO_OUTPUT_MUX_AS_PCIE_ATTENTION_LED 1
> @@ -1020,6 +1022,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_synth_delay(struct ath_hw *ah, struct ath9k_channel *chan,
>  bool ath9k_hw_wait(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 reg, u32 mask, u32 val, u32 timeout);
>  void ath9k_hw_write_array(struct ath_hw *ah, const struct ar5416IniArray *array,
>  			  int column, unsigned int *writecnt);
> +void ath9k_hw_read_array(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 array[][2], int size);
>  u32 ath9k_hw_reverse_bits(u32 val, u32 n);
>  u16 ath9k_hw_computetxtime(struct ath_hw *ah,
>  			   u8 phy, int kbps,
> 

Marc

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