ath9k: use split rx buffers to get rid of order-1 skb allocations

With this change, less CPU time is spent trying to look for consecutive
pages for rx skbs. This also reduces the socket memory required for IP/UDP
reassembly.
Only two buffers per frame are supported. Frames spanning more buffers
will be dropped, but the buffer size is enough to handle the required
AMSDU size.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index dd9a7d740c9..73db9576af5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ struct ath_rx {
         struct ath_descdma rxdma;
         struct ath_buf *rx_bufptr;
         struct ath_rx_edma rx_edma[ATH9K_RX_QUEUE_MAX];
+
+        struct sk_buff *frag;
 };
 
 int ath_startrecv(struct ath_softc *sc);