Upstream kernel has an interface to help adjust sk_pacing_shift to help
improve TCP UL throughput.
The sk_pacing_shift is 8 in mac80211, this is based on test with 11N
WiFi chips with ath9k. For QCA6174/QCA9377 PCI 11AC chips, the 11AC
VHT80 TCP UL throughput testing result shows 6 is the optimal.
Overwrite the sk_pacing_shift to 6 in ath10k driver for QCA6174/9377 PCI.
Tested with QCA6174 PCI with firmware
WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00109-QCARMSWPZ-1, but this will also affect QCA9377 PCI.
It's not a regression with new firmware releases.
There have 2 test result of different settings:
ARM CPU based device with QCA6174A PCI with different
sk_pacing_shift:
sk_pacing_shift throughput(Mbps) CPU utilization
6 500(-P5) ~75% idle, Focus on CPU1: ~14%idle
7 454(-P5) ~80% idle, Focus on CPU1: ~4%idle
8 288 ~90% idle, Focus on CPU1: ~35%idle
9 ~200 ~92% idle, Focus on CPU1: ~50%idle
5G TCP UL VTH80 on X86 platform with QCA6174A PCI with sk_packing_shift
set to 6:
tcp_limit_output_bytes throughput(Mbps)
default(262144)+1 Stream 336
default(262144)+2 Streams 558
default(262144)+3 Streams 584
default(262144)+4 Streams 602
default(262144)+5 Streams 598
changed(2621440)+1 Stream 598
changed(2621440)+2 Streams 601
Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
V2:
-add the optimal for configurable for each hardware type
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 6 ++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h | 6 ++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 85c58eb..fbd13ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
.per_ce_irq = false,
.shadow_reg_support = false,
.rri_on_ddr = false,
+ .tx_sk_pacing_shift = SK_PACING_SHIFT_6174,
},
{
.id = QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION,
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@
.per_ce_irq = false,
.shadow_reg_support = false,
.rri_on_ddr = false,
+ .tx_sk_pacing_shift = SK_PACING_SHIFT_6174,
},
{
.id = QCA6174_HW_3_0_VERSION,
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@
.per_ce_irq = false,
.shadow_reg_support = false,
.rri_on_ddr = false,
+ .tx_sk_pacing_shift = SK_PACING_SHIFT_6174,
},
{
.id = QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION,
@@ -288,6 +291,7 @@
.per_ce_irq = false,
.shadow_reg_support = false,
.rri_on_ddr = false,
+ .tx_sk_pacing_shift = SK_PACING_SHIFT_6174,
},
{
.id = QCA99X0_HW_2_0_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -443,6 +447,7 @@
.per_ce_irq = false,
.shadow_reg_support = false,
.rri_on_ddr = false,
+ .tx_sk_pacing_shift = SK_PACING_SHIFT_9377,
},
{
.id = QCA9377_HW_1_1_DEV_VERSION,
@@ -477,6 +482,7 @@
.per_ce_irq = false,
.shadow_reg_support = false,
.rri_on_ddr = false,
+ .tx_sk_pacing_shift = SK_PACING_SHIFT_9377,
},
{
.id = QCA4019_HW_1_0_DEV_VERSION,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
index a274bd8..1f956d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ enum qca9377_chip_id_rev {
#define REG_DUMP_COUNT_QCA988X 60
+#define SK_PACING_SHIFT_6174 6
+#define SK_PACING_SHIFT_9377 6
+
struct ath10k_fw_ie {
__le32 id;
__le32 len;
@@ -589,6 +592,9 @@ struct ath10k_hw_params {
/* Number of bytes to be the offset for each FFT sample */
int spectral_bin_offset;
+
+ /* Number of shift to override the default value of ieee80211_hw*/
+ u8 tx_sk_pacing_shift;
};
struct htt_rx_desc;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 95243b4..4f2c07f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -8361,6 +8361,9 @@ int ath10k_mac_register(struct ath10k *ar)
ar->hw->wiphy->max_scan_ssids = WLAN_SCAN_PARAMS_MAX_SSID;
ar->hw->wiphy->max_scan_ie_len = WLAN_SCAN_PARAMS_MAX_IE_LEN;
+ if (ar->hw_params.tx_sk_pacing_shift != 0)
+ ar->hw->tx_sk_pacing_shift = ar->hw_params.tx_sk_pacing_shift;
+
ar->hw->vif_data_size = sizeof(struct ath10k_vif);
ar->hw->sta_data_size = sizeof(struct ath10k_sta);
ar->hw->txq_data_size = sizeof(struct ath10k_txq);
--
1.9.1
