From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDEF0421A13 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.133.124 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783698909; cv=none; b=iRCg9OMlAWHu1KUk/W++iQGAihIFZZYKZILGzOiq9Xdlon+MS9wjnUbspNDA6d1R1pShOPixOBApKB7YEcDJ29WFTYdtCCoAdd8DbPfCo+oZQVkgOYfs8QDMV+8bC20TBjx2ndivV+BuEIEiJWHXbJHGGe94mhIO7BTShHVtfS8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783698909; c=relaxed/simple; bh=K9Ls6wggGvD26wH7iAYG/q2VPv6DgeHEZCwAxgrQTbY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=etqk7yVWwqv8IqBdnahHNwykQE6i7d1Z/cl6dzC76rR7BuFE2g/6HAIuCl+WGh/w7NvtvJbJDPkCwh6RfGr/7aHa34eqV2GQKtxOQWUmCsBcH7QtnTBMlVcXI7WKjSCwIR1k0PdgzlDwEQN87QMgEZFHBGZlt906FJ5DUQ0hRVE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b=Mf2R186t; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.133.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="Mf2R186t" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1783698907; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=pATWsdQm30JCXc1HWlDCG95/ra2kk3e7pyWFp3wMnyo=; b=Mf2R186tX00JfTUlks8U95QtT/AXph0sTmhSqXxa6oe7eHOuefgVl3btr3wgNRTxmsB+mj 5hgQ6tYa1mtQMjcAdvwr6nFicGcl5kdxY7yO09rHWnAZxoNxdzBRPGJw3j25JyeopJIRvn Ay4taegbcSVyqr2pIxpd79FeROm4l7Q= Received: from mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-118-1kpJZUVPNvK2nPBELwC-sQ-1; Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:55:03 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 1kpJZUVPNvK2nPBELwC-sQ-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: 1kpJZUVPNvK2nPBELwC-sQ_1783698902 Received: from mx-prod-int-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.93]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 34F3E195607D; Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:55:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fedora.redhat.com (unknown [10.44.48.25]) by mx-prod-int-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABD01800480; Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:54:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez To: jjohnson@kernel.org Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org, ath12k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez Subject: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: ath11k: implement custom wake_tx_queue with flow control Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:54:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20260710155443.1761760-2-jtornosm@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20260710155443.1761760-1-jtornosm@redhat.com> References: <20260710155443.1761760-1-jtornosm@redhat.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.93 Under heavy traffic, ath11k experiences frequent -ENOMEM errors ("failed to transmit frame -12") when the hardware TCL ring fills up. This issue is more commonly observed in VMs with PCIe passthrough but also occurs on bare metal systems. It is particularly problematic on devices with a single shared TCL ring where all traffic classes compete for the same 512 descriptor slots. Implement a custom wake_tx_queue operation that: 1. Checks hardware ring space before dequeuing packets from mac80211 2. Uses per-packet locking to serialize ring access and prevent races 3. Syncs with hardware state to get accurate free slot count 4. Returns early during firmware crash in the same way as other tx paths This approach follows the pattern used in the iwlwifi driver, adapted for ath11k's hardware ring architecture. This eliminates -ENOMEM errors and improves throughput by optimizing resource usage and preventing unnecessary packet drops. Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h | 2 ++ drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c index f389b97acbdd..2e5978ec2b05 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c @@ -1087,6 +1087,7 @@ int ath11k_dp_alloc(struct ath11k_base *ab) for (i = 0; i < ab->hw_params.hal_params->num_tx_rings; i++) { idr_init(&dp->tx_ring[i].txbuf_idr); spin_lock_init(&dp->tx_ring[i].tx_idr_lock); + spin_lock_init(&dp->tx_ring[i].wake_tx_lock); dp->tx_ring[i].tcl_data_ring_id = i; dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status_head = 0; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h index 84f66839f0c6..6d99501aa269 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ struct dp_tx_ring { struct idr txbuf_idr; /* Protects txbuf_idr and num_pending */ spinlock_t tx_idr_lock; + /* Serializes wake_tx_queue operations for this ring */ + spinlock_t wake_tx_lock; struct hal_wbm_release_ring *tx_status; int tx_status_head; int tx_status_tail; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c index 2d55cdc4d165..48a9e2b45e3d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c @@ -10065,9 +10065,56 @@ static int ath11k_mac_op_sta_state(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, return ret; } +static void ath11k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + struct ieee80211_txq *txq) +{ + struct ieee80211_tx_control control = { + .sta = txq->sta, + }; + struct ath11k *ar = hw->priv; + struct dp_tx_ring *tx_ring; + struct hal_srng *tcl_ring; + struct sk_buff *skb; + int num_free; + u8 ring_id; + + if (!ar) + return; + + if (unlikely(test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH, &ar->ab->dev_flags))) + return; + + ring_id = txq->ac % ar->ab->hw_params.hal_params->num_tx_rings; + tx_ring = &ar->ab->dp.tx_ring[ring_id]; + tcl_ring = &ar->ab->hal.srng_list[tx_ring->tcl_data_ring.ring_id]; + + while (1) { + spin_lock_bh(&tx_ring->wake_tx_lock); + + spin_lock(&tcl_ring->lock); + num_free = ath11k_hal_srng_src_num_free(ar->ab, tcl_ring, true); + spin_unlock(&tcl_ring->lock); + + if (num_free == 0) { + spin_unlock_bh(&tx_ring->wake_tx_lock); + break; + } + + skb = ieee80211_tx_dequeue(hw, txq); + if (!skb) { + spin_unlock_bh(&tx_ring->wake_tx_lock); + break; + } + + ath11k_mac_op_tx(hw, &control, skb); + + spin_unlock_bh(&tx_ring->wake_tx_lock); + } +} + static const struct ieee80211_ops ath11k_ops = { .tx = ath11k_mac_op_tx, - .wake_tx_queue = ieee80211_handle_wake_tx_queue, + .wake_tx_queue = ath11k_mac_op_wake_tx_queue, .start = ath11k_mac_op_start, .stop = ath11k_mac_op_stop, .reconfig_complete = ath11k_mac_op_reconfig_complete, -- 2.54.0