ath9k: optimize the hardware hang check
Since it's only called when beacons are stuck, move it to the SWBA handler
tasklet, to avoid doing redundant checks on every single interrupt.
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/beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
index 6264182..df5b6ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@
if (ath9k_hw_numtxpending(ah, sc->beacon.beaconq) != 0) {
sc->beacon.bmisscnt++;
+ if (!ath9k_hw_check_alive(ah))
+ ieee80211_queue_work(sc->hw, &sc->hw_check_work);
+
if (sc->beacon.bmisscnt < BSTUCK_THRESH * sc->nbcnvifs) {
ath_dbg(common, BSTUCK,
"missed %u consecutive beacons\n",