[PATCH ath-next 3/8] wifi: ath12k: add TCL ring TX buffer allocation failure counter
Pardeep Kaur <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:24:43 +0530
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From: Hariharan Ramanathan <[email protected]> When ath12k_dp_tx_assign_buffer() fails, the TX path returns -ENOMEM silently with no per-ring visibility into how often this occurs. Without a counter, buffer pool exhaustion on a specific TCL ring is invisible during debugging. Add txbuf_na[] to ath12k_device_dp_tx_err_stats to track per-ring TX buffer allocation failures and increment it on assign failure in the TX path. Expose the per-ring counts in debugfs under a new 'TCL Ring Buffer Alloc Failures' section. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.6.r1-00402-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 Signed-off-by: Hariharan Ramanathan <[email protected]> Co-developed-by: Pardeep Kaur <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Pardeep Kaur <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs.c | 5 +++++ drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h | 2 ++ drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_tx.c | 4 +++- 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs.c index d54995b7adb2..0f8b458200a8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs.c @@ -1117,6 +1117,11 @@ static ssize_t ath12k_debugfs_dump_device_dp_stats(struct file *file, len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "ring%d: %u\n", i, device_stats->tx_err.desc_na[i]); + len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "\nTCL Ring Buffer Alloc Failures:\n"); + for (i = 0; i < DP_TCL_NUM_RING_MAX; i++) + len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "ring%d: %u\n", + i, device_stats->tx_err.txbuf_na[i]); + len += scnprintf(buf + len, size - len, "\nMisc Transmit Failures: %d\n", atomic_read(&device_stats->tx_err.misc_fail)); diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h index a94bbc337df4..ac125adde258 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h @@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ struct ath12k_dp_arch_ops { struct ath12k_device_dp_tx_err_stats { /* TCL Ring Descriptor unavailable */ u32 desc_na[DP_TCL_NUM_RING_MAX]; + /* TCL Ring Buffers unavailable */ + u32 txbuf_na[DP_TCL_NUM_RING_MAX]; /* Other failures during dp_tx due to mem allocation failure * idr unavailable etc. */ diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_tx.c index a0e409452a19..ca0e1369af21 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_tx.c @@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ int ath12k_wifi7_dp_tx(struct ath12k_pdev_dp *dp_pdev, struct ath12k_link_vif *a tx_ring = &dp->tx_ring[ti.ring_id]; tx_desc = ath12k_dp_tx_assign_buffer(dp, pool_id); - if (!tx_desc) + if (!tx_desc) { + dp->device_stats.tx_err.txbuf_na[ti.ring_id]++; return -ENOMEM; + } dp_link_vif = ath12k_dp_vif_to_dp_link_vif(&ahvif->dp_vif, arvif->link_id); -- 2.34.1