ath9k_hw: optimize all descriptor access functions

Because all of the descriptor data structures are marked as __packed, GCC
assumes the worst case wrt. alignment and generates unaligned load/store
instructions on MIPS for access to all fields.
Since descriptors always have to be 4-byte-aligned, we can just mark the
data structures with __aligned(4), which allows GCC to generate much more
efficient code.
Verified through disassembly and OProfile comparisons.

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

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.h
index 9f2cea70a840..45cc7e80436c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct ar9003_rxs {
         u32 status9;
         u32 status10;
         u32 status11;
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(4);
 
 /* Transmit Control Descriptor */
 struct ar9003_txc {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct ar9003_txc {
         u32 ctl21;  /* DMA control 21 */
         u32 ctl22;  /* DMA control 22 */
         u32 pad[9]; /* pad to cache line (128 bytes/32 dwords) */
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(4);
 
 struct ar9003_txs {
         u32 ds_info;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct ar9003_txs {
         u32 status6;
         u32 status7;
         u32 status8;
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(4);
 
 void ar9003_hw_attach_mac_ops(struct ath_hw *hw);
 void ath9k_hw_set_rx_bufsize(struct ath_hw *ah, u16 buf_size);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h
index fdc25074ca1f..22907e21cc46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ struct ath_desc {
         u32 ds_ctl1;
         u32 ds_hw[20];
         void *ds_vdata;
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(4);
 
 #define ATH9K_TXDESC_CLRDMASK           0x0001
 #define ATH9K_TXDESC_NOACK              0x0002
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct ar5416_desc {
                         u32 status8;
                 } rx;
         } u;
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(4);
 
 #define AR5416DESC(_ds)         ((struct ar5416_desc *)(_ds))
 #define AR5416DESC_CONST(_ds)   ((const struct ar5416_desc *)(_ds))