iwlwifi: earlier rx allocation
Value of count is used to decide when to replenish rx buffers. If it is
equal or above 8 we replenish the buffers. Ensure there is no starvation
by initializing count to 8 - thus forcing replenish at first iteration.
This is helpful when rx receives batches of buffers smaller than 8.
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Abbas <mabbas@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 66520e8..74b1099 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4287,7 +4287,7 @@
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index 855cc97..14a11bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -4669,7 +4669,7 @@
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */