linux-kernel - [38/70] ath9k: Fix tx throughput drops for AR9003 chips with AES encryption

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Date:	Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:18:53 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@....qualcomm.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [38/70] ath9k: Fix tx throughput drops for AR9003 chips with AES encryption

2.6.39-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@....qualcomm.com>

commit 4f6760b01bda625e9555e16d8e9ba8126a9c9498 upstream.

While sending aggregated frames in AES, the AR5416 chips
required additional padding b/w subframes. This workaround
is not needed for edma (AR9003 family) chips. With this patch
~4Mbps thoughput improvement was observed in clear environment.

Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@....qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ static int ath_compute_num_delims(struct
 	 * TODO - this could be improved to be dependent on the rate.
 	 *      The hardware can keep up at lower rates, but not higher rates
 	 */
-	if (fi->keyix != ATH9K_TXKEYIX_INVALID)
+	if ((fi->keyix != ATH9K_TXKEYIX_INVALID) &&
+	    !(sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA))
 		ndelim += ATH_AGGR_ENCRYPTDELIM;
 
 	/*


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