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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h33
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c22
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.h4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c1
4 files changed, 57 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
index f0b105a11ae..b64be8e9a69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ struct ath_softc {
void __iomem *mem;
int irq;
spinlock_t sc_resetlock;
+ spinlock_t sc_serial_rw;
struct mutex mutex;
u8 curbssid[ETH_ALEN];
@@ -724,4 +725,36 @@ void ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(struct ath_softc *sc,
bool ath9k_wiphy_scanning(struct ath_softc *sc);
void ath9k_wiphy_work(struct work_struct *work);
+/*
+ * Read and write, they both share the same lock. We do this to serialize
+ * reads and writes on Atheros 802.11n PCI devices only. This is required
+ * as the FIFO on these devices can only accept sanely 2 requests. After
+ * that the device goes bananas. Serializing the reads/writes prevents this
+ * from happening.
+ */
+
+static inline void ath9k_iowrite32(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 reg_offset, u32 val)
+{
+ if (ah->config.serialize_regmode == SER_REG_MODE_ON) {
+ unsigned long flags;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+ iowrite32(val, ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+ } else
+ iowrite32(val, ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int ath9k_ioread32(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 reg_offset)
+{
+ u32 val;
+ if (ah->config.serialize_regmode == SER_REG_MODE_ON) {
+ unsigned long flags;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+ val = ioread32(ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+ } else
+ val = ioread32(ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+ return val;
+}
+
#endif /* ATH9K_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
index eb750a50399..60e55d8c510 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -391,6 +391,25 @@ static void ath9k_hw_set_defaults(struct ath_hw *ah)
}
ah->config.intr_mitigation = 1;
+
+ /*
+ * We need this for PCI devices only (Cardbus, PCI, miniPCI)
+ * _and_ if on non-uniprocessor systems (Multiprocessor/HT).
+ * This means we use it for all AR5416 devices, and the few
+ * minor PCI AR9280 devices out there.
+ *
+ * Serialization is required because these devices do not handle
+ * well the case of two concurrent reads/writes due to the latency
+ * involved. During one read/write another read/write can be issued
+ * on another CPU while the previous read/write may still be working
+ * on our hardware, if we hit this case the hardware poops in a loop.
+ * We prevent this by serializing reads and writes.
+ *
+ * This issue is not present on PCI-Express devices or pre-AR5416
+ * devices (legacy, 802.11abg).
+ */
+ if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
+ ah->config.serialize_regmode = SER_REG_MODE_AUTO;
}
static struct ath_hw *ath9k_hw_newstate(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc,
@@ -610,7 +629,8 @@ static struct ath_hw *ath9k_hw_do_attach(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc,
}
if (ah->config.serialize_regmode == SER_REG_MODE_AUTO) {
- if (ah->hw_version.macVersion == AR_SREV_VERSION_5416_PCI) {
+ if (ah->hw_version.macVersion == AR_SREV_VERSION_5416_PCI ||
+ (AR_SREV_9280(ah) && !ah->is_pciexpress)) {
ah->config.serialize_regmode =
SER_REG_MODE_ON;
} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.h
index 89936a038da..dc681f011fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.h
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
#define AR5416_MAGIC 0x19641014
/* Register read/write primitives */
-#define REG_WRITE(_ah, _reg, _val) iowrite32(_val, _ah->ah_sc->mem + _reg)
-#define REG_READ(_ah, _reg) ioread32(_ah->ah_sc->mem + _reg)
+#define REG_WRITE(_ah, _reg, _val) ath9k_iowrite32((_ah), (_reg), (_val))
+#define REG_READ(_ah, _reg) ath9k_ioread32((_ah), (_reg))
#define SM(_v, _f) (((_v) << _f##_S) & _f)
#define MS(_v, _f) (((_v) & _f) >> _f##_S)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
index f473fee72a2..a9715f5b0af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,7 @@ static int ath_init(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
spin_lock_init(&sc->wiphy_lock);
spin_lock_init(&sc->sc_resetlock);
+ spin_lock_init(&sc->sc_serial_rw);
mutex_init(&sc->mutex);
tasklet_init(&sc->intr_tq, ath9k_tasklet, (unsigned long)sc);
tasklet_init(&sc->bcon_tasklet, ath_beacon_tasklet,