ksdioirqd has higher priority than kworker. Process RX packets in SDIO IRQ thread (ksdioirqd/mmcX) directly instead of deferring the work to kworker to avoid the extra latency. This improves TCP throughput 15~20% on an ARM platform with SDIO 2.0 controller. Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c index 1df767b..51a13f8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ exit_main_proc: mwifiex_shutdown_drv(adapter); return ret; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mwifiex_main_process); /* * This function frees the adapter structure. diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c index fc8a9bf..8b81d8a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c @@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ mwifiex_sdio_interrupt(struct sdio_func *func) adapter->ps_state = PS_STATE_AWAKE; mwifiex_interrupt_status(adapter); - queue_work(adapter->workqueue, &adapter->main_work); + mwifiex_main_process(adapter); } /* -- 1.7.0.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
