Re: [PATCH for-4.9 0/2] wlcore performance improvement fixes

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On 11 May 2017 at 18:02, Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11 May 2017 at 17:57, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 05:42:19PM +0530, Amit Pundir wrote:
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> Please consider following wlcore performance fixes for linux-4.9.y.
>>>
>>> These wlcore patches add a functionality in which the firmware is able
>>> to notify the driver that the aggregation window size must be changed,
>>> and in turn the driver will notify mac80211. Here is the original
>>> submission: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg153522.html
>>>
>>> We run into a performance issue recently on android-4.9 and earlier
>>> kernels with AOSP on Hikey(using wl1835 module). Here is the bug
>>> report: https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497. These two
>>> patches fix this performance regression.
>>
>> No objection from me.  Should these also to into 4.4-stable?
>
> Doesn't build in its current form for 4.4. I didn't spend any time
> refactoring it for 4.4, but I'll send you a refactored version soon if
> I can.

I have rebased these patches for linux-4.4.y along with 3 other
related mac80211 upstream fixes and they build fine. I'm waiting for
the test results before I send them across for 4.4.y.

Regards,
Amit Pundir

>
> Regards,
> Amit Pundir
>
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h



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