Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: ath12k: Fix Tx Completion Ring(WBM2SW) Setup Failure

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com> writes:

> On 5/10/2024 12:04 AM, Nithyanantham Paramasivam wrote:
>
>> We observe intermittent ping failures from the access point (AP) to
>> station (STA) in any mode(AP-STA or Mesh) configured. Specifically,
>> the transmission completion status is not received at Tx completion
>> ring id-4(WBM2SW ring4) for the packets transmitted via TCL DATA
>> ring id-3. This prevents freeing up Tx descriptors and leads
>> to buffer exhaustion.
>> 
>> Currently, during initialization of the WBM2SW ring, we are directly
>> mapping the ring number to the ring mask to obtain the ring mask
>> group index. This approach is causing setup failures for WBM2SW
>> ring-4. Similarly, during runtime, when receiving incoming
>> transmission completion status, the validation of the ring number by
>> mapping the interrupted ring mask. This is resulting in
>> validation failure. Thereby preventing entry into the completion
>> handler(ath12k_dp_tx_completion_handler()).
>> 
>> The existing design assumed that the ring numbers would always be
>> sequential and could be directly mapped with the ring mask. However,
>> this assumption does not hold true for WBM2SW ring-4. Therefore,
>> modify the design such that, instead of mapping the ring number,
>> the ring ID is mapped with the ring mask.
>> 
>> According to this design:
>> 1. During initialization of the WBM2SW ring, mapping the ring ID
>> to the ring mask will ensure obtaining the correct ring mask group
>> ID.
>> 2. During runtime, validating the interrupted ring mask group ID
>> within the transmission completion group is sufficient. This
>> approach allows the ring ID to be derived from the interrupted ring
>> mask and enables entry into the completion handler.
>> 
>> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>> Tested-on: WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
>
> should be
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
>
> Kalle can fix this in 'pending'

Fixed.

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