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Re: [PATCHv3] wifi: ath11k: skip status ring entry processing

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On 4/27/2024 2:12 AM, Tamizh Chelvam Raja wrote:
> From: Venkateswara Naralasetty <quic_vnaralas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If STATUS_BUFFER_DONE is not set for a monitor status ring entry,
> we don't process the status ring until STATUS_BUFFER_DONE set
> for that status ring entry.
> 
> During LMAC reset it may happen that hardware will not write
> STATUS_BUFFER_DONE tlv in status buffer, in that case we end up
> waiting for STATUS_BUFFER_DONE leading to backpressure on monitor
> status ring.
> 
> To fix the issue, when HP(Head Pointer) + 1 entry is peeked and if DMA
> is not done and if HP + 2 entry's DMA done is set,
> replenish HP + 1 entry and start processing in next interrupt.
> If HP + 2 entry's DMA done is not set, poll onto HP + 1 entry DMA
> done to be set.
> 
> Also, during monitor attach HP points to the end of the ring and
> TP(Tail Pointer) points to the start of the ring.
> Using ath11k_hal_srng_src_peek() may result in processing invalid buffer
> for the very first interrupt. Since, HW starts writing buffer from TP.
> 
> To avoid this issue call ath11k_hal_srng_src_next_peek() instead of
> calling ath11k_hal_srng_src_peek().
> 
> Tested-on: IPQ5018 hw1.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-00861-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202303281719.CvnPkOiK-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

I believe these are misleading. LKP didn't find the problem you are fixing, it
found a problem in the implementation of the patch.
So I would move these below the "---" so the LKP knows the issue it found is
fixed, but the git history isn't itself isn't misleading

> Signed-off-by: Venkateswara Naralasetty <quic_vnaralas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Tamizh Chelvam Raja <quic_tamizhr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tamizh Chelvam Raja <quic_tamizhr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3:
>   * Rebased on top of ToT
> v2:
>   * Fixed compilation warning Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c   | 14 ++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.h   |  2 +

My Qualcomm Innovation Center copyright checker reports:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c copyright missing 2024
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c copyright missing 2024





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