6.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Baochen Qiang quic_bqiang@quicinc.com
[ Upstream commit 01296b39d3515f20a1db64d3c421c592b1e264a0 ]
Currently we force enable power save on non-running vdevs, this results in unexpected ping latency in below scenarios: 1. disable power save from userspace. 2. trigger suspend/resume.
With step 1 power save is disabled successfully and we get a good latency:
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=5.13 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.45 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=5.99 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=6.34 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=4.47 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=6.45 ms
While after step 2, the latency becomes much larger:
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=17.7 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=15.0 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=14.3 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=16.5 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=20.1 ms
The reason is, with step 2, power save is force enabled due to vdev not running, although mac80211 was trying to disable it to honor userspace configuration:
ath11k_pci 0000:03:00.0: wmi cmd sta powersave mode psmode 1 vdev id 0 Call Trace: ath11k_wmi_pdev_set_ps_mode ath11k_mac_op_bss_info_changed ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify ieee80211_reconfig ieee80211_resume wiphy_resume
This logic is taken from ath10k where it was added due to below comment:
Firmware doesn't behave nicely and consumes more power than necessary if PS is disabled on a non-started vdev.
However we don't know whether such an issue also occurs to ath11k firmware or not. But even if it does, it's not appropriate because it goes against userspace, even cfg/mac80211 don't know we have enabled it in fact.
Remove it to fix this issue. In this way we not only get a better latency, but also, and the most important, keeps the consistency between userspace and kernel/driver. The biggest price for that would be the power consumption, which is not that important, compared with the consistency.
Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.30
Fixes: b2beffa7d9a6 ("ath11k: enable 802.11 power save mode in station mode") Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang quic_bqiang@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo quic_kvalo@quicinc.com Link: https://msgid.link/20240309113115.11498-1-quic_bqiang@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c index 9f4bf41a3d41e..2fca415322aec 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c @@ -1231,14 +1231,7 @@ static int ath11k_mac_vif_setup_ps(struct ath11k_vif *arvif)
enable_ps = arvif->ps;
- if (!arvif->is_started) { - /* mac80211 can update vif powersave state while disconnected. - * Firmware doesn't behave nicely and consumes more power than - * necessary if PS is disabled on a non-started vdev. Hence - * force-enable PS for non-running vdevs. - */ - psmode = WMI_STA_PS_MODE_ENABLED; - } else if (enable_ps) { + if (enable_ps) { psmode = WMI_STA_PS_MODE_ENABLED; param = WMI_STA_PS_PARAM_INACTIVITY_TIME;