[PATCH] ath9k: fix rng high cpu load

Miaoqing Pan <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.ath9k.lists.ath9k-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
index c9cb2aa..cf41f21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
@@ -55,11 +55,24 @@ static int ath9k_rng_data_read(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 *buf, u32 buf_size)
 	return j << 2;
 }
 
+static u32 ath9k_rng_delay_get(u32 fail_stats)
+{
+	if (fail_stats < 100)
+		delay = 10;
+	else if (fail_stats < 105)
+		delay = 1000;
+	else
+		delay = 10000;
+
+	return delay;
+}
+
 static int ath9k_rng_kthread(void *data)
 {
 	int bytes_read;
 	struct ath_softc *sc = data;
 	u32 *rng_buf;
+	u32 delay, fail_stats = 0;
 
 	rng_buf = kmalloc_array(ATH9K_RNG_BUF_SIZE, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rng_buf)
@@ -69,10 +82,13 @@ static int ath9k_rng_kthread(void *data)
 		bytes_read = ath9k_rng_data_read(sc, rng_buf,
 						 ATH9K_RNG_BUF_SIZE);
 		if (unlikely(!bytes_read)) {
-			msleep_interruptible(10);
+			delay = ath9k_rng_delay_get(fail_stats++);
+			msleep_interruptible(delay);
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		fail_stats = 0;
+
 		/* sleep until entropy bits under write_wakeup_threshold */
 		add_hwgenerator_randomness((void *)rng_buf, bytes_read,
 					   ATH9K_RNG_ENTROPY(bytes_read));
-- 
1.9.1

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