This removes the TX spinlock and defers TX to a workqueue to allow
locking wl->mutex instead and to allow sleeping for register accesses.
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx>
Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h 2009-09-04 22:18:47.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h 2009-09-04 22:18:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -683,6 +683,11 @@ struct b43_wl {
* This is scheduled when we determine that the actual TX output
* power doesn't match what we want. */
struct work_struct txpower_adjust_work;
+
+ /* Packet transmit work */
+ struct work_struct tx_work;
+ /* Queue of packets to be transmitted. */
+ struct sk_buff_head tx_queue;
};
/* The type of the firmware file. */
Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2009-09-04 22:18:47.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2009-09-04 22:18:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ static void b43_short_slot_timing_disabl
*/
void b43_dummy_transmission(struct b43_wldev *dev, bool ofdm, bool pa_on)
{
- struct b43_wl *wl = dev->wl;
struct b43_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
unsigned int i, max_loop;
u16 value;
@@ -710,8 +709,6 @@ void b43_dummy_transmission(struct b43_w
buffer[0] = 0x000B846E;
}
- write_lock_irq(&wl->tx_lock);
-
for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
b43_ram_write(dev, i * 4, buffer[i]);
@@ -767,8 +764,6 @@ void b43_dummy_transmission(struct b43_w
}
if (phy->radio_ver == 0x2050 && phy->radio_rev <= 0x5)
b43_radio_write16(dev, 0x0051, 0x0037);
-
- write_unlock_irq(&wl->tx_lock);
}
static void key_write(struct b43_wldev *dev,
@@ -3098,42 +3093,49 @@ static int b43_rng_init(struct b43_wl *w
return err;
}
-static int b43_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
- struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void b43_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct b43_wl *wl = hw_to_b43_wl(hw);
- struct b43_wldev *dev = wl->current_dev;
- unsigned long flags;
- int err;
+ struct b43_wl *wl = container_of(work, struct b43_wl, tx_work);
+ struct b43_wldev *dev;
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+ int err = 0;
- if (unlikely(skb->len < 2 + 2 + 6)) {
- /* Too short, this can't be a valid frame. */
- goto drop_packet;
+ mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
+ dev = wl->current_dev;
+ if (unlikely(!dev || b43_status(dev) < B43_STAT_STARTED)) {
+ mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
+ return;
}
- B43_WARN_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags);
- if (unlikely(!dev))
- goto drop_packet;
- /* Transmissions on seperate queues can run concurrently. */
- read_lock_irqsave(&wl->tx_lock, flags);
+ while (skb_queue_len(&wl->tx_queue)) {
+ skb = skb_dequeue(&wl->tx_queue);
- err = -ENODEV;
- if (likely(b43_status(dev) >= B43_STAT_STARTED)) {
if (b43_using_pio_transfers(dev))
err = b43_pio_tx(dev, skb);
else
err = b43_dma_tx(dev, skb);
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ dev_kfree_skb(skb); /* Drop it */
}
- read_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->tx_lock, flags);
+ mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
+}
- if (unlikely(err))
- goto drop_packet;
- return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+static int b43_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ struct b43_wl *wl = hw_to_b43_wl(hw);
+
+ if (unlikely(skb->len < 2 + 2 + 6)) {
+ /* Too short, this can't be a valid frame. */
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+ return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+ }
+ B43_WARN_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags);
+
+ skb_queue_tail(&wl->tx_queue, skb);
+ ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
-drop_packet:
- /* We can not transmit this packet. Drop it. */
- dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
@@ -3686,18 +3688,12 @@ static int b43_op_set_key(struct ieee802
u8 algorithm;
u8 index;
int err;
- unsigned long flags;
static const u8 bcast_addr[ETH_ALEN] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
if (modparam_nohwcrypt)
return -ENOSPC; /* User disabled HW-crypto */
mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
- write_lock_irqsave(&wl->tx_lock, flags);
- /* mutex -> Every config operation must take it.
- * tx_lock -> We modify the dev->key array, which is accessed
- * in the TX handler.
- */
dev = wl->current_dev;
err = -ENODEV;
@@ -3789,7 +3785,6 @@ out_unlock:
sta ? sta->addr : bcast_addr);
b43_dump_keymemory(dev);
}
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->tx_lock, flags);
mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
return err;
@@ -3846,9 +3841,10 @@ redo:
if (!dev || b43_status(dev) < B43_STAT_STARTED)
return dev;
- /* Disable periodic work. Unlock to avoid deadlocks. */
+ /* Cancel work. Unlock to avoid deadlocks. */
mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->periodic_work);
+ cancel_work_sync(&wl->tx_work);
mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
dev = wl->current_dev;
if (!dev || b43_status(dev) < B43_STAT_STARTED) {
@@ -3883,6 +3879,10 @@ redo:
}
B43_WARN_ON(b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_GEN_IRQ_MASK));
+ /* Drain the TX queue */
+ while (skb_queue_len(&wl->tx_queue))
+ dev_kfree_skb(skb_dequeue(&wl->tx_queue));
+
b43_pio_stop(dev);
b43_mac_suspend(dev);
free_irq(dev->dev->irq, dev);
@@ -4866,7 +4866,6 @@ static int b43_wireless_init(struct ssb_
/* Initialize struct b43_wl */
wl->hw = hw;
- rwlock_init(&wl->tx_lock);
spin_lock_init(&wl->leds_lock);
spin_lock_init(&wl->shm_lock);
mutex_init(&wl->mutex);
@@ -4874,6 +4873,8 @@ static int b43_wireless_init(struct ssb_
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wl->devlist);
INIT_WORK(&wl->beacon_update_trigger, b43_beacon_update_trigger_work);
INIT_WORK(&wl->txpower_adjust_work, b43_phy_txpower_adjust_work);
+ INIT_WORK(&wl->tx_work, b43_tx_work);
+ skb_queue_head_init(&wl->tx_queue);
ssb_set_devtypedata(dev, wl);
b43info(wl, "Broadcom %04X WLAN found (core revision %u)\n",
--
Greetings, Michael.
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