linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] rtw88: pci: Move a mass of jobs in hw IRQ to soft IRQ

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Message-ID: <875zmarivz.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com>
Date:   Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:18:40 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Tony Chuang <yhchuang@...ltek.com>
Cc:     Jian-Hong Pan <jian-hong@...lessm.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-wireless\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux\@endlessm.com" <linux@...lessm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] rtw88: pci: Move a mass of jobs in hw IRQ to soft IRQ

Tony Chuang <yhchuang@...ltek.com> writes:

>> From: Jian-Hong Pan 
>> Subject: [PATCH v4] rtw88: pci: Move a mass of jobs in hw IRQ to soft IRQ
>> 
>> There is a mass of jobs between spin lock and unlock in the hardware
>> IRQ which will occupy much time originally. To make system work more
>> efficiently, this patch moves the jobs to the soft IRQ (bottom half) to
>> reduce the time in hardware IRQ.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jian-Hong Pan <jian-hong@...lessm.com>
>
> Now it works fine with MSI interrupt enabled.
>
> But this patch is conflicting with MSI interrupt patch.
> Is there a better way we can make Kalle apply them more smoothly?
> I can rebase them and submit both if you're OK.

Yeah, submitting all the MSI patches in the same patchset is the easiest
approach. That way they apply cleanly to wireless-drivers-next.

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