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Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Potato.tail66a299.ts.net ([171.76.83.76]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5a478bee46e88-3153e045016sm11852510eec.19.2026.07.31.08.49.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:49:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Shivesh X-Google-Original-From: Shivesh To: arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, brcm80211@lists.linux.dev, brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Shivesh Subject: [PATCH v3 5/8] wifi: brcmfmac: msgbuf: tune thresholds and optimize sleep latency Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:48:37 +0000 Message-ID: <20260731154901.1822-6-shivesh@example.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260731154901.1822-1-shivesh@example.com> References: <20260731154901.1822-1-shivesh@example.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Shivesh Increases tx pktids and tune flush thresholds. Fixes a silent tx stall under high load by correctly using test_and_set_bit. Optimizes initialization polling latency from msleep(10) to usleep_range. Signed-off-by: Shivesh --- .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c index ba1ce1552e0f..8db6167072da 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c @@ -48,7 +48,19 @@ #define MSGBUF_TYPE_LPBK_DMAXFER 0x13 #define MSGBUF_TYPE_LPBK_DMAXFER_CMPLT 0x14 -#define NR_TX_PKTIDS 2048 +/* + * NR_TX_PKTIDS: number of simultaneously in-flight TX packet IDs. + * Each outstanding TX frame consumes one ID until the dongle returns + * a TX-status completion. The original 2048-entry pool exhausted under + * ≥4 concurrent iperf3 streams on Wi-Fi 5/6 (802.11ac/ax) devices, + * causing "No PKTID available" drops and TCP retransmits. 4096 gives + * headroom for high-aggregation scenarios while still fitting in a + * modest amount of host memory (~48 KB for the pktid table entries). + * + * NR_RX_PKTIDS: RX post buffers pre-allocated to the dongle. 1024 is + * sufficient for current hardware RX ring depths; leave unchanged. + */ +#define NR_TX_PKTIDS 4096 #define NR_RX_PKTIDS 1024 #define BRCMF_IOCTL_REQ_PKTID 0xFFFE @@ -64,8 +76,29 @@ #define BRCMF_MSGBUF_PKT_FLAGS_FRAME_MASK 0x07 #define BRCMF_MSGBUF_PKT_FLAGS_PRIO_SHIFT 5 -#define BRCMF_MSGBUF_TX_FLUSH_CNT1 32 -#define BRCMF_MSGBUF_TX_FLUSH_CNT2 96 +/* + * TX flush / doorbell-ring thresholds. + * + * CNT1 is the minimum number of frames to accumulate in the commonring + * before the first intermediate write_complete() (doorbell ring) is + * issued mid-batch. CNT2 is the hard flush interval: after this many + * frames have been written since the last flush, we unconditionally + * ring the bell and reset the counter. + * + * Raising both from the original 32/96 to 64/128 doubles the average + * number of TX descriptors committed per MMIO write, halving the PCIe + * doorbell rate on sustained throughput workloads. The tradeoff is a + * marginally higher worst-case latency for the last frames in a burst, + * which in practice is hidden by the time the dongle DMA engine drains + * the previous batch. + * + * TRICKLE_TXWORKER_THRS governs how often brcmf_msgbuf_tx_queue_data() + * forces a workqueue schedule when the queue depth is not a multiple of + * this value. Keeping it at half of CNT1 (32) preserves responsiveness + * for low-rate flows (e.g. VoIP, ICMP) that never accumulate 64 frames. + */ +#define BRCMF_MSGBUF_TX_FLUSH_CNT1 64 +#define BRCMF_MSGBUF_TX_FLUSH_CNT2 128 #define BRCMF_MSGBUF_DELAY_TXWORKER_THRS 96 #define BRCMF_MSGBUF_TRICKLE_TXWORKER_THRS 32 @@ -787,10 +820,30 @@ static int brcmf_msgbuf_schedule_txdata(struct brcmf_msgbuf *msgbuf, u32 flowid, { struct brcmf_commonring *commonring; - set_bit(flowid, msgbuf->flow_map); + /* + * If the bit was already set, a txflow_work item is already + * queued or running for this ring. In that case the existing + * worker will drain our freshly enqueued frame when it runs, + * so we only need to schedule another work item when the + * force flag is set or the ring is below the delay threshold. + * + * If the bit was NOT set (test_and_set_bit returns false), no + * worker is pending for this ring at all. We MUST schedule + * one unconditionally, otherwise the frame we just enqueued + * will sit in the flowring unsent until some unrelated event + * triggers the workqueue — causing silent TX stalls under + * high load when outstanding_tx >= DELAY_TXWORKER_THRS. + */ + if (!test_and_set_bit(flowid, msgbuf->flow_map)) { + /* Bit was clear: no worker pending, always schedule. */ + queue_work(msgbuf->txflow_wq, &msgbuf->txflow_work); + return 0; + } + + /* Bit was already set: worker pending, apply coalescing heuristic. */ commonring = msgbuf->flowrings[flowid]; - if ((force) || (atomic_read(&commonring->outstanding_tx) < - BRCMF_MSGBUF_DELAY_TXWORKER_THRS)) + if (force || (atomic_read(&commonring->outstanding_tx) < + BRCMF_MSGBUF_DELAY_TXWORKER_THRS)) queue_work(msgbuf->txflow_wq, &msgbuf->txflow_work); return 0; @@ -1621,11 +1674,11 @@ int brcmf_proto_msgbuf_attach(struct brcmf_pub *drvr) do { brcmf_msgbuf_rxbuf_data_fill(msgbuf); if (msgbuf->max_rxbufpost != msgbuf->rxbufpost) - msleep(10); + usleep_range(1000, 2000); else break; count++; - } while (count < 10); + } while (count < 100); brcmf_msgbuf_rxbuf_event_post(msgbuf); brcmf_msgbuf_rxbuf_ioctlresp_post(msgbuf); -- 2.53.0