ath9k: allocate tx and rx status information on stack
ath_tx_status and ath_rx_status data are only necessary for a short
time, until they have been processed and converted into mac80211 data
structures.
Because of that, it makes no sense to keep them tied to the DMA
descriptor, that only wastes precious memory.
This patch allocates the data on stack in the functions that call the
conversion functions from ath9k_hw.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 9617887..94560e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@
struct ath_buf *bf;
struct ath_desc *ds;
- struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats;
struct sk_buff *skb = NULL, *requeue_skb;
struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs;
struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
@@ -491,6 +490,7 @@
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
int retval;
bool decrypt_error = false;
+ struct ath_rx_status rs;
spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock);
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@
bf = list_first_entry(&sc->rx.rxbuf, struct ath_buf, list);
ds = bf->bf_desc;
- rx_stats = &ds->ds_us.rx;
/*
* Must provide the virtual address of the current
@@ -519,11 +518,14 @@
* on. All this is necessary because of our use of
* a self-linked list to avoid rx overruns.
*/
- retval = ath9k_hw_rxprocdesc(ah, ds, rx_stats, 0);
+ memset(&rs, 0, sizeof(rs));
+ retval = ath9k_hw_rxprocdesc(ah, ds, &rs, 0);
if (retval == -EINPROGRESS) {
+ struct ath_rx_status trs;
struct ath_buf *tbf;
struct ath_desc *tds;
+ memset(&trs, 0, sizeof(trs));
if (list_is_last(&bf->list, &sc->rx.rxbuf)) {
sc->rx.rxlink = NULL;
break;
@@ -543,7 +545,7 @@
*/
tds = tbf->bf_desc;
- retval = ath9k_hw_rxprocdesc(ah, tds, &tds->ds_us.rx, 0);
+ retval = ath9k_hw_rxprocdesc(ah, tds, &trs, 0);
if (retval == -EINPROGRESS) {
break;
}
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@
hw = ath_get_virt_hw(sc, hdr);
- ath_debug_stat_rx(sc, rx_stats);
+ ath_debug_stat_rx(sc, &rs);
/*
* If we're asked to flush receive queue, directly
@@ -576,7 +578,7 @@
if (flush)
goto requeue;
- retval = ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_preprocess(common, hw, skb, rx_stats,
+ retval = ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_preprocess(common, hw, skb, &rs,
rxs, &decrypt_error);
if (retval)
goto requeue;
@@ -597,9 +599,9 @@
common->rx_bufsize,
DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
- skb_put(skb, rx_stats->rs_datalen);
+ skb_put(skb, rs.rs_datalen);
- ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess(common, skb, rx_stats,
+ ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess(common, skb, &rs,
rxs, decrypt_error);
/* We will now give hardware our shiny new allocated skb */
@@ -622,9 +624,9 @@
* change the default rx antenna if rx diversity chooses the
* other antenna 3 times in a row.
*/
- if (sc->rx.defant != rx_stats->rs_antenna) {
+ if (sc->rx.defant != rs.rs_antenna) {
if (++sc->rx.rxotherant >= 3)
- ath_setdefantenna(sc, rx_stats->rs_antenna);
+ ath_setdefantenna(sc, rs.rs_antenna);
} else {
sc->rx.rxotherant = 0;
}