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Re: [PATCH] ath10k: Improve performance by reducing tx_lock contention.

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On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 2:16 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Marty Faltesek <mfaltesek@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> From: Qi Zhou <qizhou@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> During tx completion, tx_lock is held for longer than required, preventing
>> efficient refill of htt->pending_tx. Refactor the code so that only MSDU
>> related operations are protected by the lock.
>>
>> Improves downstream performance on a 3x3 client from 495 to 580 Mbps.
>
> It would be good to mention the actual platform/CPU as I guess this
> improvement is platform specific?

That's a good idea to mention in the commit message, although given
that it's just an in-driver lock contention patch, it probably affects
any underpowered multicore CPU.
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