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Re: [PATCH] ath10k: disable wake_tx_queue for older devices

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On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Roman Yeryomin <leroi.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 1 August 2016 at 12:04, Dave Taht <dave.taht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Roman Yeryomin <leroi.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 7 July 2016 at 19:30, Valo, Kalle <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Ideally wake_tx_queue should be used regardless as
>>>>> it is a requirement for reducing bufferbloat and
>>>>> implementing airtime fairness in the future.
>>>>>
>>>>> However some setups (typically low-end platforms
>>>>> hosting QCA988X) suffer performance regressions
>>>>> with the current wake_tx_queue implementation.
>>>>> Therefore disable it unless it is really
>>>>> beneficial with current codebase (which is when
>>>>> firmware supports smart pull-push tx scheduling).
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> I think it's too late to send this to 4.7 anymore (and this due to my
>>>> vacation). So I'm planning to queue this to 4.8, but if the feedback is
>>>> positive we can always send this to a 4.7 stable release.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry guys, drowned.
>>> So, yes, applying this patch does the job. That is gets me to the
>>> results similar to
>>> https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2016-May/041448.html
>>>
>>> Going to try latest code on same system...
>>
>> Can you try increasing the quantum to 1514, and reducing the codel
>> target to 5ms? (without this patch?)
>>
>
> So it was 1514 already...

based on some testing of 20, codel target should be 5ms and isn't.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5caa328e3811b7cfa33fd02c93280ffa622deb0e

> Regards,
> Roman
>
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