This patch removes a mt76_wr_copy call from the beacon path to hw. The skb which is used in this place gets therefore build with txwi inside its data. For mt76 usb drivers, this saves one synchronuous copy call over usb, which lets the beacon work complete faster. In mmio case, there is not enough headroom to put the txwi into the skb, it is therefore using an additional mt76_wr_copy, which is fast over mmio. Thanks Stanislaw for pointing this out. Signed-off-by: Markus Theil <markus.theil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- .../wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_beacon.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_beacon.c index c93e2e8749f0..3d0d3f6d28eb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_beacon.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_beacon.c @@ -26,15 +26,26 @@ static int mt76x02_write_beacon(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, int offset, struct sk_buff *skb) { int beacon_len = dev->beacon_ops->slot_size; - struct mt76x02_txwi txwi; if (WARN_ON_ONCE(beacon_len < skb->len + sizeof(struct mt76x02_txwi))) return -ENOSPC; - mt76x02_mac_write_txwi(dev, &txwi, skb, NULL, NULL, skb->len); + /* USB devices already reserve enough skb headroom for txwi's. This + * helps to save slow copies over USB. + */ + if (mt76_is_usb(&dev->mt76)) { + struct mt76x02_txwi *txwi; + + txwi = (struct mt76x02_txwi *)(skb->data - sizeof(*txwi)); + mt76x02_mac_write_txwi(dev, txwi, skb, NULL, NULL, skb->len); + skb_push(skb, sizeof(*txwi)); + } else { + struct mt76x02_txwi txwi; - mt76_wr_copy(dev, offset, &txwi, sizeof(txwi)); - offset += sizeof(txwi); + mt76x02_mac_write_txwi(dev, &txwi, skb, NULL, NULL, skb->len); + mt76_wr_copy(dev, offset, &txwi, sizeof(txwi)); + offset += sizeof(txwi); + } mt76_wr_copy(dev, offset, skb->data, skb->len); return 0; -- 2.24.1