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authorLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>2011-05-19 20:48:45 +0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-05-26 23:43:30 +0400
commit0019a2c9277bf6d083032a5a9857249e75407a8c (patch)
tree6388a7f514503194871f18319ed24e795e845126 /drivers/net
parenta9e12869758430424804dd4332e0d2afdfdf00b0 (diff)
downloadlinux-0019a2c9277bf6d083032a5a9857249e75407a8c.tar.xz
rtlwifi: Use order 2 RX buffer allocation only if necessary
Although a previous fix handles the kernel panics that result from failure to allocate a new RX buffer, memory fragmentation can be reduced if the amsdu_8k capability is disabled as new buffers need only be of O(0), not O(2). Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
index c2b83a57c581..89100e7c553b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -1115,6 +1115,13 @@ static int _rtl_pci_init_rx_ring(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
rtlpci->rx_ring[rx_queue_idx].idx = 0;
+ /* If amsdu_8k is disabled, set buffersize to 4096. This
+ * change will reduce memory fragmentation.
+ */
+ if (rtlpci->rxbuffersize > 4096 &&
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.disable_amsdu_8k)
+ rtlpci->rxbuffersize = 4096;
+
for (i = 0; i < rtlpci->rxringcount; i++) {
struct sk_buff *skb =
dev_alloc_skb(rtlpci->rxbuffersize);