Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix performance issue.

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

On 06/03/2015 07:47 PM, Taehee Yoo wrote:
> After physical reconnect, the rtl8192cu chipset shows low
> transmission rates.It cause is that variable "iqk_initialized"
> do not de-initialized. So I add this code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c | 8 +++++---
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I like this patch very much. Getting rid of a static variable is always good.

Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Thanks,

Larry

>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c
> index 1898596..6a4ef05 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c
> @@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ int rtl92cu_hw_init(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>   	struct rtl_phy *rtlphy = &(rtlpriv->phy);
>   	struct rtl_ps_ctl *ppsc = rtl_psc(rtl_priv(hw));
>   	int err = 0;
> -	static bool iqk_initialized;
>   	unsigned long flags;
>
>   	/* As this function can take a very long time (up to 350 ms)
> @@ -1038,11 +1037,11 @@ int rtl92cu_hw_init(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>   	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_hw_reg(hw, HW_VAR_ETHER_ADDR, mac->mac_addr);
>   	if (ppsc->rfpwr_state == ERFON) {
>   		rtl92c_phy_set_rfpath_switch(hw, 1);
> -		if (iqk_initialized) {
> +		if (rtlphy->iqk_initialized) {
>   			rtl92c_phy_iq_calibrate(hw, true);
>   		} else {
>   			rtl92c_phy_iq_calibrate(hw, false);
> -			iqk_initialized = true;
> +			rtlphy->iqk_initialized = true;
>   		}
>   		rtl92c_dm_check_txpower_tracking(hw);
>   		rtl92c_phy_lc_calibrate(hw);
> @@ -1391,6 +1390,9 @@ void rtl92cu_card_disable(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>   		_CardDisableHWSM(hw);
>   	else
>   		_CardDisableWithoutHWSM(hw);
> +
> +	/* after power off we should do iqk again */
> +	rtlpriv->phy.iqk_initialized = false;
>   }
>
>   void rtl92cu_set_check_bssid(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool check_bssid)
>