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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2020-07-26 13:09:51 +0200
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>2021-04-12 00:01:21 +0200
commitaa40528a5bca990ef8f6a82eb26d23c81b4b3cff (patch)
treefe664da27700e09b6872d6b5f6cf55d759ffc76d /drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
parent7139b5c0c98af1e2a04bd9ff09d2c01c40f1da41 (diff)
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mt76: use threaded NAPI
With threaded NAPI, the rx handler function is no longer bound to the CPU that fired the interrupt, which significantly helps to spread the workload over multiple CPUs, especially when multiple devices are using threaded NAPI at the same time. Exclude the tx handler from threaded NAPI by using a separate dummy netdev. The work is small and short-lived enough that it makes more sense to run it in softirq instead of creating a dedicated thread Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
index 2f27c43ad76d..6273b2cfce4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
@@ -602,7 +602,6 @@ mt76_dma_rx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
dev = container_of(napi->dev, struct mt76_dev, napi_dev);
qid = napi - dev->napi;
- local_bh_disable();
rcu_read_lock();
do {
@@ -612,7 +611,6 @@ mt76_dma_rx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
} while (cur && done < budget);
rcu_read_unlock();
- local_bh_enable();
if (done < budget && napi_complete(napi))
dev->drv->rx_poll_complete(dev, qid);
@@ -626,6 +624,10 @@ mt76_dma_init(struct mt76_dev *dev)
int i;
init_dummy_netdev(&dev->napi_dev);
+ init_dummy_netdev(&dev->tx_napi_dev);
+ snprintf(dev->napi_dev.name, sizeof(dev->napi_dev.name), "%s",
+ wiphy_name(dev->hw->wiphy));
+ dev->napi_dev.threaded = 1;
mt76_for_each_q_rx(dev, i) {
netif_napi_add(&dev->napi_dev, &dev->napi[i], mt76_dma_rx_poll,