Re: [ipw3945-devel] [PATCH 4/5] iwlwifi: iwl3945 eliminatesleepable task queue from context

From: Zhu Yi
Date: Thu Jan 10 2008 - 20:06:52 EST


Hi Joonwoo,

We already did something similiar in our code base. Could you please
take a look at this patch?

http://intellinuxwireless.org/repos/?p=iwlwifi.git;a=commitdiff;h=57aa02255e9d7be5e2494683fc2793bd1d0707e2

Thanks,
-yi
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 20:02 +0900, Joonwoo Park wrote:
> Eleminiate task queuing of iwl_pci_probe, register hw to ieee80211 immediately
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> index f95f226..7e8d8b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> @@ -6171,27 +6171,9 @@ static void iwl_alive_start(struct iwl_priv *priv)
> if (iwl_is_rfkill(priv))
> return;
>
> - if (!priv->mac80211_registered) {
> - /* Unlock so any user space entry points can call back into
> - * the driver without a deadlock... */
> - mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
> - iwl_rate_control_register(priv->hw);
> - rc = ieee80211_register_hw(priv->hw);
> - priv->hw->conf.beacon_int = 100;
> - mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
> -
> - if (rc) {
> - iwl_rate_control_unregister(priv->hw);
> - IWL_ERROR("Failed to register network "
> - "device (error %d)\n", rc);
> - return;
> - }
> -
> - priv->mac80211_registered = 1;
> + iwl_reset_channel_flag(priv);
>
> - iwl_reset_channel_flag(priv);
> - } else
> - ieee80211_start_queues(priv->hw);
> + ieee80211_start_queues(priv->hw);
>
> priv->active_rate = priv->rates_mask;
> priv->active_rate_basic = priv->rates_mask & IWL_BASIC_RATES_MASK;
> @@ -6369,7 +6351,8 @@ static int __iwl_up(struct iwl_priv *priv)
>
> /* clear (again), then enable host interrupts */
> iwl_write32(priv, CSR_INT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
> - iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
> + if (priv->mac80211_registered)
> + iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
>
> /* really make sure rfkill handshake bits are cleared */
> iwl_write32(priv, CSR_UCODE_DRV_GP1_CLR, CSR_UCODE_SW_BIT_RFKILL);
> @@ -6887,10 +6870,21 @@ static void iwl_bg_scan_completed(struct work_struct *work)
>
> static int iwl_mac_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
> {
> + int ret;
> struct iwl_priv *priv = hw->priv;
>
> IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211("enter\n");
>
> + ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(priv->wait_command_queue,
> + iwl_is_ready(priv), HOST_COMPLETE_TIMEOUT);
> +
> + if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
> + return ret;
> + else if (ret == 0 && !iwl_is_ready(priv)) {
> + IWL_ERROR("IWL ready timeout\n");
> + return -ETIMEDOUT;
> + }
> +
> /* we should be verifying the device is ready to be opened */
> mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
>
> @@ -8299,6 +8293,19 @@ static void iwl_cancel_deferred_work(struct iwl_priv *priv)
> cancel_work_sync(&priv->beacon_update);
> }
>
> +static int iwl_register_hw(struct iwl_priv *priv)
> +{
> + int err;
> + IWL_DEBUG_INFO("register_hw\n");
> + iwl_rate_control_register(priv->hw);
> + err = ieee80211_register_hw(priv->hw);
> + if (!err) {
> + priv->hw->conf.beacon_int = 100;
> + priv->mac80211_registered = 1;
> + }
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> static struct attribute *iwl_sysfs_entries[] = {
> &dev_attr_antenna.attr,
> &dev_attr_channels.attr,
> @@ -8546,11 +8553,24 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> goto out_pci_alloc;
> }
>
> + err = __iwl_up(priv);
> + if (err) {
> + IWL_ERROR("Could not make up interface : %d\n", err);
> + mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
> + goto out_pci_alloc;
> + }
> +
> mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
>
> - IWL_DEBUG_INFO("Queing UP work.\n");
> + err = iwl_register_hw(priv);
> + if (err) {
> + iwl_rate_control_unregister(priv->hw);
> + IWL_ERROR("Failed to register network "
> + "device (error %d)\n", err);
> + goto out_pci_alloc;
> + }
>
> - queue_work(priv->workqueue, &priv->up);
> + iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
>
> return 0;
>

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