Do not drop &queue->tx_lock and acquire it again to pause queue when available entries are below the threshold. Patch should mitigate problem of frequently printed errors: "Error - Dropping frame due to full tx queue" Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c | 10 ---------- drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c index ecc96312a370..c8a6f163102f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c @@ -152,16 +152,6 @@ void rt2x00mac_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, if (unlikely(rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(queue, skb, control->sta, false))) goto exit_fail; - /* - * Pausing queue has to be serialized with rt2x00lib_txdone(). Note - * we should not use spin_lock_bh variant as bottom halve was already - * disabled before ieee80211_xmit() call. - */ - spin_lock(&queue->tx_lock); - if (rt2x00queue_threshold(queue)) - rt2x00queue_pause_queue(queue); - spin_unlock(&queue->tx_lock); - return; exit_fail: diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c index a2c1ca5c76d1..1ad51e56bc59 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c @@ -715,6 +715,14 @@ int rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame(struct data_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb, rt2x00queue_kick_tx_queue(queue, &txdesc); out: + /* + * Pausing queue has to be serialized with rt2x00lib_txdone(), so we + * do this under queue->tx_lock. Bottom halve was already disabled + * before ieee80211_xmit() call. + */ + if (rt2x00queue_threshold(queue)) + rt2x00queue_pause_queue(queue); + spin_unlock(&queue->tx_lock); return ret; } -- 1.9.3
