Hello, This sounds exactly like the issue I just submitted a patch for. Can you test https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10399613/ if that solves the issue? Am 15.05.2018 um 22:31 schrieb Niklas Cassel: > On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 04:13:48PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: >> [ Adding Felix ] >> >> >> Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Hello mac80211 and ath10k people >>> >>> Using ath10k, TX stops working when running iperf >>> >>> [ 3] 0.0- 1.0 sec 2.00 MBytes 16.8 Mbits/sec >>> [ 3] 1.0- 2.0 sec 3.12 MBytes 26.2 Mbits/sec >>> [ 3] 2.0- 3.0 sec 3.25 MBytes 27.3 Mbits/sec >>> [ 3] 3.0- 4.0 sec 655 KBytes 5.36 Mbits/sec >>> [ 3] 4.0- 5.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec >>> [ 3] 5.0- 6.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec >>> [ 3] 6.0- 7.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec >>> [ 3] 7.0- 8.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec >>> [ 3] 8.0- 9.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec >>> [ 3] 9.0-10.0 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec >>> [ 3] 0.0-10.3 sec 9.01 MBytes 7.32 Mbits/sec >>> >>> The problem can be reproduced without specifying a send buffer size, >>> however, specifying a small send buffer helps to reproduce the problem faster. >>> >>> What happens is that iperf gets -EAGAIN on write(). >>> It continues to get -EAGAIN, even if iperf runs for e.g. 300 seconds. >>> The reason why we get -EAGAIN is because the send socket buffer is full >>> (iperf uses non-blocking I/O). >>> >>> The problem is that the mac80211 wake_tx_queue callback never comes. >>> >>> I guess the best way to describe this is to show my ftrace buffer: >>> >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711744: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 60 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.711761: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 f_txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 num_pen: 60 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711765: ath10k_htt_tx_inc_pending: num_pen: 61 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711781: ath10k_htt_tx_inc_pending: num_pen: 62 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711787: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 61 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.711803: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 f_txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 num_pen: 61 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711807: ath10k_htt_tx_inc_pending: num_pen: 62 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711823: ath10k_htt_tx_inc_pending: num_pen: 63 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711829: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 62 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.711845: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 f_txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 num_pen: 62 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711849: ath10k_htt_tx_inc_pending: num_pen: 63 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711865: ath10k_htt_tx_inc_pending: num_pen: 64 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711870: stop_queue: phy0 queue:0, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711874: stop_queue: phy0 queue:1, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711877: stop_queue: phy0 queue:2, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711880: stop_queue: phy0 queue:3, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711882: stop_queue: phy0 queue:4, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711885: stop_queue: phy0 queue:5, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711887: stop_queue: phy0 queue:6, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711890: stop_queue: phy0 queue:7, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711892: stop_queue: phy0 queue:8, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711895: stop_queue: phy0 queue:9, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711898: stop_queue: phy0 queue:10, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711900: stop_queue: phy0 queue:11, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711903: stop_queue: phy0 queue:12, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711905: stop_queue: phy0 queue:13, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711908: stop_queue: phy0 queue:14, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711910: stop_queue: phy0 queue:15, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711917: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 63 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711922: wake_queue: phy0 queue:0, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711929: wake_queue: phy0 queue:15, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.711948: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 f_txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 num_pen: 63 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns4 74.711952: ath10k_htt_tx_inc_pending: num_pen: 64 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711956: stop_queue: phy0 queue:0, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711959: stop_queue: phy0 queue:1, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711962: stop_queue: phy0 queue:2, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711964: stop_queue: phy0 queue:3, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711967: stop_queue: phy0 queue:4, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711969: stop_queue: phy0 queue:5, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711972: stop_queue: phy0 queue:6, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711974: stop_queue: phy0 queue:7, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711977: stop_queue: phy0 queue:8, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711980: stop_queue: phy0 queue:9, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711982: stop_queue: phy0 queue:10, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711985: stop_queue: phy0 queue:11, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711987: stop_queue: phy0 queue:12, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711990: stop_queue: phy0 queue:13, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711992: stop_queue: phy0 queue:14, reason:0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] dns5 74.711995: stop_queue: phy0 queue:15, reason:0 >>> >>> (since we just called ieee80211_stop_queues(), I wouldn't expect to see >>> wake_tx_queue being called directly after) >>> >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712024: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 f_txq: frame_cnt: 1 byte_cnt: 1534 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712040: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 2 byte_cnt: 3068 f_txq: frame_cnt: 2 byte_cnt: 3068 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712055: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 3 byte_cnt: 4602 f_txq: frame_cnt: 3 byte_cnt: 4602 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712069: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 4 byte_cnt: 6136 f_txq: frame_cnt: 4 byte_cnt: 6136 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712084: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 5 byte_cnt: 7670 f_txq: frame_cnt: 5 byte_cnt: 7670 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712099: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 6 byte_cnt: 9204 f_txq: frame_cnt: 6 byte_cnt: 9204 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712113: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 7 byte_cnt: 10738 f_txq: frame_cnt: 7 byte_cnt: 10738 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712128: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 8 byte_cnt: 12272 f_txq: frame_cnt: 8 byte_cnt: 12272 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712142: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 9 byte_cnt: 13806 f_txq: frame_cnt: 9 byte_cnt: 13806 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712157: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 10 byte_cnt: 15340 f_txq: frame_cnt: 10 byte_cnt: 15340 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712171: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 11 byte_cnt: 16874 f_txq: frame_cnt: 11 byte_cnt: 16874 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712186: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 12 byte_cnt: 18408 f_txq: frame_cnt: 12 byte_cnt: 18408 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712200: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 13 byte_cnt: 19942 f_txq: frame_cnt: 13 byte_cnt: 19942 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712215: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 14 byte_cnt: 21476 f_txq: frame_cnt: 14 byte_cnt: 21476 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712229: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 15 byte_cnt: 23010 f_txq: frame_cnt: 15 byte_cnt: 23010 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712244: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 16 byte_cnt: 24544 f_txq: frame_cnt: 16 byte_cnt: 24544 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712258: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 17 byte_cnt: 26078 f_txq: frame_cnt: 17 byte_cnt: 26078 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712273: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 18 byte_cnt: 27612 f_txq: frame_cnt: 18 byte_cnt: 27612 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712287: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 19 byte_cnt: 29146 f_txq: frame_cnt: 19 byte_cnt: 29146 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712302: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 20 byte_cnt: 30680 f_txq: frame_cnt: 20 byte_cnt: 30680 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712316: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 21 byte_cnt: 32214 f_txq: frame_cnt: 21 byte_cnt: 32214 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712330: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 22 byte_cnt: 33748 f_txq: frame_cnt: 22 byte_cnt: 33748 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712345: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 23 byte_cnt: 35282 f_txq: frame_cnt: 23 byte_cnt: 35282 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksoftirqd/2-21 [002] .ns3 74.712359: ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue: txq: frame_cnt: 24 byte_cnt: 36816 f_txq: frame_cnt: 24 byte_cnt: 36816 num_pen: 64 queue: 0 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.712411: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 63 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] d..2 74.712417: wake_queue: phy0 queue:0, reason:0 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] d..2 74.712424: wake_queue: phy0 queue:15, reason:0 >>> >>> here we just called ieee80211_wake_queue(), however, wake_tx_queue callback >>> (ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue) is never seen again... >>> >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.712454: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 62 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.712468: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 61 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718078: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 60 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718103: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 59 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718116: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 58 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718131: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 57 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718143: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 56 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718155: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 55 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718250: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 54 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718273: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 53 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718286: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 52 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718298: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 51 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718310: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 50 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718322: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 49 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718334: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 48 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718346: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 47 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718622: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 46 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718647: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 45 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.718660: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 44 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719050: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 43 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719154: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 42 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719255: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 41 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719278: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 40 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719371: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 39 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719394: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 38 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719493: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 37 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719516: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 36 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719529: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 35 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719541: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 34 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719554: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 33 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719566: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 32 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719658: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 31 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719681: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 30 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719694: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 29 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719708: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 28 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719803: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 27 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719826: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 26 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719839: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 25 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719851: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 24 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719864: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 23 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719956: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 22 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719978: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 21 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.719992: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 20 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720004: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 19 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720096: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 18 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720137: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 17 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720150: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 16 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720163: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 15 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720256: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 14 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720279: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 13 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720292: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 12 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720304: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 11 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720316: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 10 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720396: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 9 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720503: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 8 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720527: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 7 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720540: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 6 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720552: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 5 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720645: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 4 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720668: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 3 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720681: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 2 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720694: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 1 >>> ksdioirqd/mmc2-139 [002] ...1 74.720709: ath10k_htt_tx_dec_pending: num_pen: 0 >>> >>> ath10k just finished transmission of pending frames. >>> >>> Half a second later, the send buffer is full, and we start seeing errors >>> in iperf. >>> >>> iperf-181 [001] .... 75.191606: tcp_sendmsg_locked: err: -11 >>> iperf-181 [001] .... 75.701511: tcp_sendmsg_locked: err: -11 >>> iperf-181 [001] .... 76.211648: tcp_sendmsg_locked: err: -11 >>> >>> >>> >>> Sure, the regular way ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue is called is via >>> ieee80211_subif_start_xmit => __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit => ieee80211_xmit_fast >>> => ieee80211_queue_skb => drv_wake_tx_queue. >>> >>> But I was expecting the call to ieee80211_wake_queue to somehow trigger a call >>> to ath10k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue, since there is still data in the send buffer/ >>> in the ieee80211_txq that needs to be sent, to allow more data to be written to >>> the socket. But obviously the callback never comes. >>> Or how else is this supposed to work? >> >> The driver should reschedule itself before/after calling >> ieee80211_wake_queue. mt76 does this; I'm not actually sure if ath9k >> does the right thing either, I'm not too familiar with that part of the >> code. There's no direct call to reschedule that I can see, but there may >> be another reason why this is not needed for ath9k. I'm sure Felix >> knows? > > Hello Toke > > Unfortunately, it doesn't look like mt76 uses any ieee80211_* function to > reschedule. > > I just came across a ieee80211_schedule_txq() function in > e937b8da5a59 ("mac80211: Add TXQ scheduling API"). > However, this commit was reverted. Any plans on resubmitting this? > > Regards, > Niklas > >> >>> However, since the only wireless drivers using wake_tx_queue are: >>> ath9k, ath10k, and mt76, perhaps it is not such a bad idea to use the >>> tx callback instead of the wake_tx_queue callback. >> >> On the contrary, we want more drivers to move to wake_tx_queue :) >> >> -Toke
