When wcn36xx_dxe_tx_frame() is entered while the device is still processing
the queue asyncronously, we are racing against the firmware code with
updates to the buffer descriptors. Presumably, the firmware scans the ring
buffer that holds the descriptors and scans for a valid control descriptor,
and then assumes that the next descriptor contains the payload. If, however,
the control descriptor is marked valid, but the payload descriptor isn't,
the packet is not sent out.
Another issue with the current code is that is lacks memory barriers before
descriptors are marked valid. This is important because the CPU may reorder
writes to memory, even if it is allocated as coherent DMA area, and hence
the device may see incompletely written data.
To fix this, the code in wcn36xx_dxe_tx_frame() was restructured a bit so
that the payload descriptor is made valid before the control descriptor.
Memory barriers are added to ensure coherency of shared memory areas.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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