madwifi: improve reliability of napi polling when fast framing is enabled

SVN-Revision: 14215

diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/396-napi_ff_fix.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/396-napi_ff_fix.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..6a019ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/madwifi/patches/396-napi_ff_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+--- a/ath/if_ath.c
++++ b/ath/if_ath.c
+@@ -6723,10 +6723,10 @@ ath_rx_poll(struct net_device *dev, int 
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,24)
+       struct ath_softc *sc = container_of(napi, struct ath_softc, sc_napi);
+       struct net_device *dev = sc->sc_dev;
+-      u_int rx_limit = budget;
++      int rx_limit = budget;
+ #else
+       struct ath_softc *sc = dev->priv;
+-      u_int rx_limit = min(dev->quota, *budget);
++      int rx_limit = min(dev->quota, *budget);
+ #endif
+       struct ath_buf *bf;
+       struct ieee80211com *ic = &sc->sc_ic;
+@@ -6769,13 +6769,15 @@ process_rx_again:
+                       break;
+               }
+ 
+-              if (rx_limit-- < 2) {
++              processed += ic->ic_recv;
++              rx_limit -= ic->ic_recv;
++              ic->ic_recv = 0;
++
++              /* keep a reserve for napi */
++              if (rx_limit < 4) {
+                       early_stop = 1;
+                       break;
+               }
+-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,24)
+-              processed++;
+-#endif
+ 
+               skb = bf->bf_skb;
+               if (skb == NULL) {
+@@ -7059,8 +7061,8 @@ rx_next:
+               if (sc->sc_isr & HAL_INT_RX) {
+                       u_int64_t hw_tsf = ath_hal_gettsf64(ah);
+                       sc->sc_isr &= ~HAL_INT_RX;
+-                      local_irq_restore(flags);
+                       ath_uapsd_processtriggers(sc, hw_tsf);
++                      local_irq_restore(flags);
+                       goto process_rx_again;
+               }
+               local_irq_restore(flags);
+--- a/net80211/ieee80211_input.c
++++ b/net80211/ieee80211_input.c
+@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ ieee80211_deliver_data(struct ieee80211_
+               }
+       }
+ 
++      vap->iv_ic->ic_recv++;
+       if (skb != NULL) {
+               skb->dev = dev;
+ 
+--- a/net80211/ieee80211_var.h
++++ b/net80211/ieee80211_var.h
+@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ struct ieee80211com {
+       struct ifmedia ic_media;                /* interface media config */
+       u_int8_t ic_myaddr[IEEE80211_ADDR_LEN];
+       struct timer_list ic_inact;             /* mgmt/inactivity timer */
++      u_int ic_recv;                                  /* frame received counter */
+ 
+       unsigned int ic_subifs;
+       u_int32_t ic_flags;                     /* state flags */

diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/450-new_hal.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/450-new_hal.patch
index 625fd7640be02f34d221a90a9b829ca1d3cc8062..0243b80787affa32c224ad8d3ef0038bed28f1bd 100644 (file)
--- a/package/madwifi/patches/450-new_hal.patch
+++ b/package/madwifi/patches/450-new_hal.patch
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
        /*
         * Check if the MAC has multi-rate retry support.
         * We do this by trying to setup a fake extended
-@@ -7553,7 +7561,7 @@ ath_txq_setup(struct ath_softc *sc, int 
+@@ -7555,7 +7563,7 @@ ath_txq_setup(struct ath_softc *sc, int 
        if (qtype == HAL_TX_QUEUE_UAPSD)
                qi.tqi_qflags = HAL_TXQ_TXDESCINT_ENABLE;
        else