linux/drivers
Shanyu Zhao 48a6be6a0d iwlwifi: clear unattended interrupts in tasklet
Previously in interrupt handling tasklet, iwlwifi driver only clear/ack
those interrupts that are enabled by the driver through inta_mask.
If the hardware generates unattended interrupts, driver will not ack them,
defeating the interrupt coalescing feature. This results in high number
of interrupts per second and high CPU utilization.

This patch addresses this issue by acking those unattended interrupts
in the tasklet. Local test showed an order of magnitude improvement
in terms of the number of interrupts without sacrificing networking
throughput. This is a workaround for hardware issue.

Signed-off-by: Shanyu Zhao <shanyu.zhao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
2010-03-30 15:37:31 -04:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2010-03-01 10:36:22 -08:00
amba
ata Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev 2010-03-01 13:04:58 -08:00
atm
auxdisplay
base PM: Allow device drivers to use dpm_wait() 2010-02-26 20:39:11 +01:00
block Merge branch 'for-2.6.34' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-03-01 09:00:29 -08:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Convert Marvell driver to use per adapter debugfs 2010-02-27 14:05:38 +01:00
cdrom
char Merge branch 'omap-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6 2010-03-02 10:34:25 -08:00
clocksource Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-01 08:48:25 -08:00
connector
cpufreq
cpuidle
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2010-02-26 16:50:02 -08:00
dca
dio
dma
edac
eisa
firewire
firmware Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/ 2010-02-28 19:23:06 -08:00
gpio
gpu Merge branch 'x86-pci-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-02-28 10:59:18 -08:00
hid
hwmon
i2c Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2010-03-01 09:15:15 -08:00
ide Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2010-03-01 10:36:22 -08:00
idle
ieee1394
ieee802154
infiniband ipoib: returned back addrlen check for mc addresses 2010-02-28 01:34:28 -08:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2010-03-01 10:38:09 -08:00
isdn Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/ 2010-02-28 19:23:06 -08:00
leds
lguest
macintosh Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2010-03-01 10:38:09 -08:00
mca
md
media Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/ 2010-02-28 19:23:06 -08:00
memstick
message Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-03-02 07:55:08 -08:00
mfd Merge with mainline to remove plat-omap/Kconfig conflict 2010-03-01 14:19:05 -08:00
misc
mmc Merge with mainline to remove plat-omap/Kconfig conflict 2010-03-01 14:19:05 -08:00
mtd Merge with mainline to remove plat-omap/Kconfig conflict 2010-03-01 14:19:05 -08:00
net iwlwifi: clear unattended interrupts in tasklet 2010-03-30 15:37:31 -04:00
nubus
of
oprofile
parisc
parport
pci Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-03-02 07:55:08 -08:00
pcmcia Merge branch 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus 2010-02-27 16:19:22 -08:00
platform Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2010-03-01 10:36:22 -08:00
pnp
power
pps
ps3
rapidio
regulator
rtc Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2010-03-01 09:15:15 -08:00
s390 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-03-02 07:55:08 -08:00
sbus
scsi Merge branch 'for-2.6.34' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-03-01 09:00:29 -08:00
serial Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2010-03-01 09:15:15 -08:00
sfi
sh
sn
spi Merge with mainline to remove plat-omap/Kconfig conflict 2010-03-01 14:19:05 -08:00
ssb
staging Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-03-02 07:55:08 -08:00
tc
telephony
thermal
uio
usb Merge with mainline to remove plat-omap/Kconfig conflict 2010-03-01 14:19:05 -08:00
uwb
vhost vhost-net: restart tx poll on sk_sndbuf full 2010-02-28 19:50:33 +02:00
video Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://gitorious.org/linux-omap-dss2/linux 2010-03-02 10:41:26 -08:00
virtio virtio: fix out of range array access 2010-02-28 20:39:11 +02:00
vlynq
w1
watchdog Merge with mainline to remove plat-omap/Kconfig conflict 2010-03-01 14:19:05 -08:00
xen
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile