wl1251: fix queue stopping/waking for TX path

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The queue stopping/waking functionality was broken in a way that could
cause the TX to stall if the right circumstances are met.

The problem was caused by tx_work, which is scheduled on each TX operation.
If the firmware buffer is full, tx_work does nothing. In combinition with
stopped queues or non-continues transfers, tx_work is never scheduled again.
Moreover the low watermark introduced by
9df86e2e70 never takes effect because of some
old code.

Solve this by scheduling tx_work every time tx_queue is non-empty and
firmware buffer is freed on tx_complete.

This also solves a possible but unlikely case: If less frames than the high
watermark are queued, but more than firmware buffer can hold. This results
in queues staying awake but the only scheduled tx_work doesn't transfer all
frames, so the remaining frames are stuck in the queue until more frames
get queued and tx_work is scheduled again.

Signed-off-by: David Gnedt <david.gnedt@davizone.at>
Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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David Gnedt 2011-01-30 20:10:46 +01:00 • committed by John W. Linville

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drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/tx.c

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