ath9k: simplify tx locking

Instead of releasing and taking back the lock over and over again in the
tx path, hold the lock a bit longer, requiring much fewer lock/unlock pairs.
This makes locking much easier to review and should not have any noticeable
performance/latency impact.

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

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 8f38efbea5dc..8766796b48b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -169,13 +169,11 @@ static void ath_tx_flush_tid(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_atx_tid *tid)
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_head);
 
         memset(&ts, 0, sizeof(ts));
-        spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 
         while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&tid->buf_q))) {
                 fi = get_frame_info(skb);
                 bf = fi->bf;
 
-                spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
                 if (bf && fi->retries) {
                         list_add_tail(&bf->list, &bf_head);
                         ath_tx_update_baw(sc, tid, bf->bf_state.seqno);
@@ -184,7 +182,6 @@ static void ath_tx_flush_tid(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_atx_tid *tid)
                 } else {
                         ath_tx_send_normal(sc, txq, NULL, skb);
                 }
-                spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
         }
 
         if (tid->baw_head == tid->baw_tail) {
@@ -192,8 +189,6 @@ static void ath_tx_flush_tid(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_atx_tid *tid)
                 tid->state &= ~AGGR_CLEANUP;
         }
 
-        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
-
         if (sendbar)
                 ath_send_bar(tid, tid->seq_start);
 }
@@ -254,9 +249,7 @@ static void ath_tid_drain(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                 bf = fi->bf;
 
                 if (!bf) {
-                        spin_unlock(&txq->axq_lock);
                         ath_tx_complete(sc, skb, ATH_TX_ERROR, txq);
-                        spin_lock(&txq->axq_lock);
                         continue;
                 }
 
@@ -265,9 +258,7 @@ static void ath_tid_drain(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                 if (fi->retries)
                         ath_tx_update_baw(sc, tid, bf->bf_state.seqno);
 
-                spin_unlock(&txq->axq_lock);
                 ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, &bf_head, &ts, 0);
-                spin_lock(&txq->axq_lock);
         }
 
         tid->seq_next = tid->seq_start;
@@ -515,9 +506,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                          * complete the acked-ones/xretried ones; update
                          * block-ack window
                          */
-                        spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
                         ath_tx_update_baw(sc, tid, seqno);
-                        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 
                         if (rc_update && (acked_cnt == 1 || txfail_cnt == 1)) {
                                 memcpy(tx_info->control.rates, rates, sizeof(rates));
@@ -540,9 +529,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                                  * run out of tx buf.
                                  */
                                 if (!tbf) {
-                                        spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
                                         ath_tx_update_baw(sc, tid, seqno);
-                                        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 
                                         ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq,
                                                             &bf_head, ts, 0);
@@ -572,7 +559,6 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                 if (an->sleeping)
                         ieee80211_sta_set_buffered(sta, tid->tidno, true);
 
-                spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
                 skb_queue_splice(&bf_pending, &tid->buf_q);
                 if (!an->sleeping) {
                         ath_tx_queue_tid(txq, tid);
@@ -580,7 +566,6 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                         if (ts->ts_status & ATH9K_TXERR_FILT)
                                 tid->ac->clear_ps_filter = true;
                 }
-                spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
         }
 
         if (tid->state & AGGR_CLEANUP)
@@ -1179,9 +1164,9 @@ void ath_tx_aggr_stop(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u16 tid)
                 txtid->state |= AGGR_CLEANUP;
         else
                 txtid->state &= ~AGGR_ADDBA_COMPLETE;
-        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 
         ath_tx_flush_tid(sc, txtid);
+        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 }
 
 void ath_tx_aggr_sleep(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, struct ath_softc *sc,
@@ -1423,8 +1408,6 @@ static bool bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(struct ath_buf *bf)
 
 static void ath_drain_txq_list(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                                struct list_head *list, bool retry_tx)
-        __releases(txq->axq_lock)
-        __acquires(txq->axq_lock)
 {
         struct ath_buf *bf, *lastbf;
         struct list_head bf_head;
@@ -1451,13 +1434,11 @@ static void ath_drain_txq_list(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                 if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
                         txq->axq_ampdu_depth--;
 
-                spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
                 if (bf_isampdu(bf))
                         ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, &bf_head, &ts, 0,
                                              retry_tx);
                 else
                         ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, &bf_head, &ts, 0);
-                spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
         }
 }
 
@@ -1836,7 +1817,6 @@ static void ath_tx_start_dma(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
         struct ath_buf *bf;
         u8 tidno;
 
-        spin_lock_bh(&txctl->txq->axq_lock);
         if ((sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR) && txctl->an &&
                 ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control)) {
                 tidno = ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr)[0] &
@@ -1855,7 +1835,7 @@ static void ath_tx_start_dma(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
         } else {
                 bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txctl->txq, tid, skb);
                 if (!bf)
-                        goto out;
+                        return;
 
                 bf->bf_state.bfs_paprd = txctl->paprd;
 
@@ -1864,9 +1844,6 @@ static void ath_tx_start_dma(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
                 ath_tx_send_normal(sc, txctl->txq, tid, skb);
         }
-
-out:
-        spin_unlock_bh(&txctl->txq->axq_lock);
 }
 
 /* Upon failure caller should free skb */
@@ -1933,9 +1910,11 @@ int ath_tx_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
                 ieee80211_stop_queue(sc->hw, q);
                 txq->stopped = 1;
         }
-        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 
         ath_tx_start_dma(sc, skb, txctl);
+
+        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1981,7 +1960,6 @@ static void ath_tx_complete(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
         q = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
         if (txq == sc->tx.txq_map[q]) {
-                spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
                 if (WARN_ON(--txq->pending_frames < 0))
                         txq->pending_frames = 0;
 
@@ -1989,7 +1967,6 @@ static void ath_tx_complete(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
                         ieee80211_wake_queue(sc->hw, q);
                         txq->stopped = 0;
                 }
-                spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
         }
 
         ieee80211_tx_status(hw, skb);
@@ -2095,8 +2072,6 @@ static void ath_tx_rc_status(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf,
 static void ath_tx_process_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
                                   struct ath_tx_status *ts, struct ath_buf *bf,
                                   struct list_head *bf_head)
-        __releases(txq->axq_lock)
-        __acquires(txq->axq_lock)
 {
         int txok;
 
@@ -2106,16 +2081,12 @@ static void ath_tx_process_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
         if (bf_is_ampdu_not_probing(bf))
                 txq->axq_ampdu_depth--;
 
-        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
-
         if (!bf_isampdu(bf)) {
                 ath_tx_rc_status(sc, bf, ts, 1, txok ? 0 : 1, txok);
                 ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, bf_head, ts, txok);
         } else
                 ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, bf_head, ts, txok, true);
 
-        spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
-
         if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR)
                 ath_txq_schedule(sc, txq);
 }