From: Michal Kazior Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:25:28 +0000 (+0200) Subject: ath10k: improve tx throughput on slow machines X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba0ccd7affd777cb90ad7279de4143663ae4d485;p=linux-beck.git ath10k: improve tx throughput on slow machines It is more efficient to move just the 802.11 header instead of the whole payload in most cases. This has no measurable effect on modern hardware. It should improve performance by a few percent on hardware such as an Access Point that have a slow CPU compared to a typical desktop CPU. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c index d0a776124f13..6e01ef6e376b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c @@ -1406,9 +1406,9 @@ static void ath10k_tx_h_qos_workaround(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, return; qos_ctl = ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr); - memmove(qos_ctl, qos_ctl + IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_LEN, - skb->len - ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control)); - skb_trim(skb, skb->len - IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_LEN); + memmove(skb->data + IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_LEN, + skb->data, (void *)qos_ctl - (void *)skb->data); + skb_pull(skb, IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_LEN); } static void ath10k_tx_h_update_wep_key(struct sk_buff *skb)