Wen Gong <wgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> For RX, it has two parts, one is to read data from sdio, another
> is to indicate the packets to upper stack. Recently it has only
> one thread to do all RX things, it results that it is sequential
> for RX and low throughout, change RX to parallel for the two parts
> will increase throughout.
>
> This patch move the indication to a workqueue, it results in
> significant performance improvement on RX path.
>
> Udp rx throughout is 200Mbps without this patch, and it arrives
> 400Mbps with this patch.
>
> Tested with QCA6174 SDIO with firmware
> WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00017-QCARMSWPZ-1
>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[...]
> +static void ath10k_rx_indication_async_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> + struct ath10k_sdio *ar_sdio = container_of(work, struct ath10k_sdio,
> + async_work_rx);
> + struct ath10k *ar = ar_sdio->ar;
> + struct ath10k_htc_ep *ep;
> + struct ath10k_skb_cb *cb;
> + struct sk_buff *skb;
> +
> + while (true) {
> + skb = skb_dequeue(&ar_sdio->rx_head);
> + if (!skb)
> + break;
> + cb = ATH10K_SKB_CB(skb);
> + ep = &ar->htc.endpoint[cb->eid];
> + ep->ep_ops.ep_rx_complete(ar, skb);
> + }
> +}
I just realised that this is RX path so we should use ATH10K_SKB_RXCB()
instead. I made the change below to this commit in pending branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=28da1fe7a3ffa5c55c52328c21165d9efdf2e94c
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
index af68eb5d0776..c5407f5080b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct ath10k_skb_cb {
struct ath10k_skb_rxcb {
dma_addr_t paddr;
struct hlist_node hlist;
+ u8 eid;
};
static inline struct ath10k_skb_cb *ATH10K_SKB_CB(struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
index c34637881219..c7d09b07a382 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static int ath10k_sdio_mbox_rx_process_packets(struct ath10k *ar,
struct ath10k_htc *htc = &ar->htc;
struct ath10k_sdio_rx_data *pkt;
struct ath10k_htc_ep *ep;
- struct ath10k_skb_cb *cb;
+ struct ath10k_skb_rxcb *cb;
enum ath10k_htc_ep_id id;
int ret, i, *n_lookahead_local;
u32 *lookaheads_local;
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int ath10k_sdio_mbox_rx_process_packets(struct ath10k *ar,
goto out;
if (!pkt->trailer_only) {
- cb = ATH10K_SKB_CB(pkt->skb);
+ cb = ATH10K_SKB_RXCB(pkt->skb);
cb->eid = id;
skb_queue_tail(&ar_sdio->rx_head, pkt->skb);
@@ -1333,14 +1333,14 @@ static void ath10k_rx_indication_async_work(struct work_struct *work)
async_work_rx);
struct ath10k *ar = ar_sdio->ar;
struct ath10k_htc_ep *ep;
- struct ath10k_skb_cb *cb;
+ struct ath10k_skb_rxcb *cb;
struct sk_buff *skb;
while (true) {
skb = skb_dequeue(&ar_sdio->rx_head);
if (!skb)
break;
- cb = ATH10K_SKB_CB(skb);
+ cb = ATH10K_SKB_RXCB(skb);
ep = &ar->htc.endpoint[cb->eid];
ep->ep_ops.ep_rx_complete(ar, skb);
}
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