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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-ring locking (wake_tx_lock with spin_lock_bh) to serialize concurrent wake_tx_queue calls targeting the same ring and to ensure bottom halves are disabled as required by ieee80211_tx_dequeue() 3. Syncs with hardware state to get accurate free slot count 4. Resolves the target TCL ring using get_ring_selector(txq->ac), which selects the ring based on the access category 5. 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. Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.41 Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez Tested-by: Julius Bairaktaris # IPQ8074 WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-02146 --- v8: Split ath11k and ath12k into separate series to avoid conflict with Julius's airtime queue limits series (ath11k only) and help to unblock both No code changes from v7 v7: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260917064825.12747-4-jtornosm@redhat.com/ 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..da006ae5ea79 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; + u32 ring_selector; + int num_free; + u8 ring_id; + + ring_selector = ar->ab->hw_params.hw_ops->get_ring_selector(txq->ac); + ring_id = ring_selector % 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) { + if (unlikely(test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH, + &ar->ab->dev_flags))) + break; + + spin_lock_bh(&tx_ring->wake_tx_lock); + + spin_lock_bh(&tcl_ring->lock); + num_free = ath11k_hal_srng_src_num_free(ar->ab, tcl_ring, true); + spin_unlock_bh(&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