From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from wolverine01.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.254]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VOM1U-0004GM-Vq for ath10k@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:23:01 +0000 From: Kalle Valo Subject: Re: [RFC] ath10k: replenish HTT RX buffers in a tasklet References: <1379509691-19904-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:22:29 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1379509691-19904-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> (Michal Kazior's message of "Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:08:10 +0200") Message-ID: <87r4cebuxm.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "ath10k" Errors-To: ath10k-bounces+kvalo=adurom.com@lists.infradead.org To: Michal Kazior Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath10k@lists.infradead.org Michal Kazior writes: > This fixes system starvation when under heavy RX > traffic. This problem could be observed on AP135 > and led to watchdog resetting the platform. > > Patch starves FW RX ring buffer by progressively > replenishing buffers to auto-balance the RX > handled to the host system. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior Looks good to me. I suspect there is a better way to do this in long term, but this looks like a viable short term solution. Does it decrease throughput in a noticeable way? -- Kalle Valo _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k