Abhishek Kumar <kuabhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > NAPI poll can be done in threaded context along with soft irq > context. Threaded context can be scheduled efficiently, thus > creating less of bottleneck during Rx processing. This patch is > to enable threaded NAPI on ath10k driver. > > Based on testing, it was observed that on WCN3990, the CPU0 reaches > 100% utilization when napi runs in softirq context. At the same > time the other CPUs are at low consumption percentage. This > does not allow device to reach its maximum throughput potential. > After enabling threaded napi, CPU load is balanced across all CPUs > and following improvments were observed: > - UDP_RX increase by ~22-25% > - TCP_RX increase by ~15% > > Here are some of the additional raw data with and without threaded napi: > ================================================== > udp_rx(Without threaded NAPI) > 435.98+-5.16 : Channel 44 > 439.06+-0.66 : Channel 157 > > udp_rx(With threaded NAPI) > 509.73+-41.03 : Channel 44 > 549.97+-7.62 : Channel 157 > =================================================== > udp_tx(Without threaded NAPI) > 461.31+-0.69 : Channel 44 > 461.46+-0.78 : Channel 157 > > udp_tx(With threaded NAPI) > 459.20+-0.77 : Channel 44 > 459.78+-1.08 : Channel 157 > =================================================== > tcp_rx(Without threaded NAPI) > 472.63+-2.35 : Channel 44 > 469.29+-6.31 : Channel 157 > > tcp_rx(With threaded NAPI) > 498.49+-2.44 : Channel 44 > 541.14+-40.65 : Channel 157 > =================================================== > tcp_tx(Without threaded NAPI) > 317.34+-2.37 : Channel 44 > 317.01+-2.56 : Channel 157 > > tcp_tx(With threaded NAPI) > 371.34+-2.36 : Channel 44 > 376.95+-9.40 : Channel 157 > =================================================== > > Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.2.2-00696-QCAHLSWMTPL-1 > Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kumar <kuabhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 8c68fe00344c wifi: ath10k: snoc: enable threaded napi on WCN3990 -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20230203000116.v2.1.I5bb9c164a2d2025655dee810b983e01ecd81c14e@changeid/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
