Re: [PATCH] ath10k: enable threaded napi on ath10k driver

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Dec 14 2021 - 21:29:00 EST


On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 22:39:36 +0000 Abhishek Kumar wrote:
> NAPI poll can be done in threaded context along with soft irq
> context. Threaded context can be scheduled efficiently, thus
> creating less of bottleneck during Rx processing. This patch is
> to enable threaded NAPI on ath10k driver.

You need to explain in more detail what you mean by "can be scheduled
efficiently". mt76 had an issue where Rx and Tx would use the same IRQ
and threaded NAPI allowed them to be run on separate cores. What's the
challenge for ath10k HW?