Re: [PATCH 5.10 187/575] ath10k: high latency fixes for beacon buffer

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Hi Pavel,

On 16/11/2021 08:59, Pavel Machek wrote:

There's GFP_KERNEL vs. GFP_ATOMIC confusion here:

@@ -5466,10 +5470,17 @@ static int ath10k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
 	    vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT ||
 	    vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
-		arvif->beacon_buf = dma_alloc_coherent(ar->dev,
-						       IEEE80211_MAX_FRAME_LEN,
-						       &arvif->beacon_paddr,
-						       GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (ar->bus_param.dev_type == ATH10K_DEV_TYPE_HL) {
+			arvif->beacon_buf = kmalloc(IEEE80211_MAX_FRAME_LEN,
+						    GFP_KERNEL);
+			arvif->beacon_paddr = (dma_addr_t)arvif->beacon_buf;
+		} else {
+			arvif->beacon_buf =
+				dma_alloc_coherent(ar->dev,
+						   IEEE80211_MAX_FRAME_LEN,
+						   &arvif->beacon_paddr,
+						   GFP_ATOMIC);
+		}
 		if (!arvif->beacon_buf) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to allocate beacon
 	buffer: %d\n",

I'd expect both allocations to use same GFP_ flags.

Good catch.

Let me prepare a patch, test it and submit it soon.

Thanks,

Fabio Estevam
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