Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: allocate msgbuf pktid from 1 to pktids array size

[Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>]

On 4/25/2019 10:04 AM, Wright Feng wrote:
> Some PCIE firmwares drop txstatus if pktid is 0 and make packet held in
> host side and not be released. If that packet type is 802.1x, the
> pend_8021x_cnt value will be always greater than 0 and show "Timed out
> waiting for no pending 802.1x packets" error message when sending key to
> dongle.
> 
> To be compatible with all firmwares, host should allocate msgbuf pktid
> from 1 instead of from 0.

looking at it we are wasting entry 0 with this patch. Could we avoid that?

Regards,
Arend

> Signed-off-by: Wright Feng <wright.feng@cypress.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c
> index d3780ea..b2fab3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c
> @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ brcmf_msgbuf_alloc_pktid(struct device *dev,
>   	do {
>   		(*idx)++;
>   		if (*idx == pktids->array_size)
> -			*idx = 0;
> +			*idx = 1;
>   		if (array[*idx].allocated.counter == 0)
>   			if (atomic_cmpxchg(&array[*idx].allocated, 0, 1) == 0)
>   				break;
>