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authorMohamed Abbas <mabbas@linux.intel.com>2008-02-07 13:16:33 -0800
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-02-15 13:44:18 -0500
commitd68ab68066805fdfee1f5f29ec2ec0179fd92fe1 (patch)
tree6f457e23a5b44d759050e0039a68c9f8ce66ff18 /drivers/net
parentc342a1b91f6ccd317c68defd3b4c7bb75397d967 (diff)
iwlwifi: earlier rx allocation
Value of count is used to decide when to replenish rx buffers. If it is equal or above 8 we replenish the buffers. Ensure there is no starvation by initializing count to 8 - thus forcing replenish at first iteration. This is helpful when rx receives batches of buffers smaller than 8. Signed-off-by: Mohamed Abbas <mabbas@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 66520e85e79..74b1099ff8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4287,7 +4287,7 @@ static void iwl3945_rx_handle(struct iwl3945_priv *priv)
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index 855cc97d04a..14a11bd83e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -4669,7 +4669,7 @@ static void iwl4965_rx_handle(struct iwl4965_priv *priv)
int reclaim;
unsigned long flags;
u8 fill_rx = 0;
- u32 count = 0;
+ u32 count = 8;
/* uCode's read index (stored in shared DRAM) indicates the last Rx
* buffer that the driver may process (last buffer filled by ucode). */