> -----Original Message-----
> From: ath10k <ath10k-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Ben
> Greear
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 6:52 PM
> To: Venkateswara Naralasetty <vnaralas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> ath10k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Kan Yan <kyan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCHv2] ath10k: Add wrapper function to ath10k debug
>
> On 4/26/19 5:58 AM, Venkateswara Naralasetty wrote:
> > ath10k_dbg() is called in ath10k_process_rx() with huge set of
> > arguments which is causing CPU overhead even when debug_mask is not
> set.
> > Good improvement was observed in the receive side performance when
> > call to ath10k_dbg() is avoided in the RX path.
> >
> > Since currently all debug messages are sent via tracing
> > infrastructure, we cannot entirely avoid calling ath10k_dbg.
> > Therefore, call to
> > ath10k_dbg() is made conditional based on tracing config in the driver.
> >
> > Trasmit performance remains unchanged with this patch; below are some
> > experimental results with this patch and tracing disabled.
> >
> > mesh mode:
> >
> > w/o this patch with this patch
> > Traffic TP CPU Usage TP CPU usage
> >
> > TCP 840Mbps 76.53% 960Mbps 78.14%
> > UDP 1030Mbps 74.58% 1132Mbps 74.31%
> >
> > Infra mode:
> >
> > w/o this patch with this patch
> > Traffic TP CPU Usage TP CPU usage
> >
> > TCP Rx 1241Mbps 80.89% 1270Mbps 73.50%
> > UDP Rx 1433Mbps 81.77% 1472Mbps 72.80%
> >
> > Tested platform : IPQ8064
> > hardware used : QCA9984
> > firmware ver : ver 10.4-3.5.3-00057
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kan Yan <kyan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Venkateswara Naralasetty <vnaralas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > * changed trace enabled check from
> IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ATH10K_TRACING)
> > * to trace_ath10k_log_dbg_enabled().
> >
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 2 ++
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c | 8 ++++----
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/trace.c | 1 +
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/trace.h | 6 +++++-
> > 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > index cfd7bb2..ab709bf 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
> > @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
> > #include "coredump.h"
> >
> > unsigned int ath10k_debug_mask;
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath10k_debug_mask);
> > +
> > static unsigned int ath10k_cryptmode_param;
> > static bool uart_print;
> > static bool skip_otp;
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c
> > b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c
> > index 32d967a..1b63929 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c
> > @@ -2620,8 +2620,8 @@ void ath10k_debug_unregister(struct ath10k *ar)
> > #endif /* CONFIG_ATH10K_DEBUGFS */
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ATH10K_DEBUG
> > -void ath10k_dbg(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_debug_mask mask,
> > - const char *fmt, ...)
> > +void __ath10k_dbg(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_debug_mask mask,
> > + const char *fmt, ...)
> > {
> > struct va_format vaf;
> > va_list args;
>
> Do you still need the check later in this method:
>
> if (ath10k_debug_mask & mask)
>
> since you already checked in the ath10k_dbg() macro?
Yes, we need this check.
Otherwise all debug messages will be printed even without any debug mask set in case of tracing enabled.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
>
> --
> Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
>
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