1 files changed, 103 insertions, 94 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
index 3b0c72c..038940a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
@@ -70,20 +70,20 @@ static int iwl_queue_space(const struct iwl_queue *q)
 
 	/*
 	 * To avoid ambiguity between empty and completely full queues, there
-	 * should always be less than q->n_bd elements in the queue.
-	 * If q->n_window is smaller than q->n_bd, there is no need to reserve
-	 * any queue entries for this purpose.
+	 * should always be less than TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX elements in the queue.
+	 * If q->n_window is smaller than TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX, there is no need
+	 * to reserve any queue entries for this purpose.
 	 */
-	if (q->n_window < q->n_bd)
+	if (q->n_window < TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX)
 		max = q->n_window;
 	else
-		max = q->n_bd - 1;
+		max = TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX - 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * q->n_bd is a power of 2, so the following is equivalent to modulo by
-	 * q->n_bd and is well defined for negative dividends.
+	 * TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX is a power of 2, so the following is equivalent to
+	 * modulo by TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX and is well defined.
 	 */
-	used = (q->write_ptr - q->read_ptr) & (q->n_bd - 1);
+	used = (q->write_ptr - q->read_ptr) & (TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX - 1);
 
 	if (WARN_ON(used > max))
 		return 0;
@@ -94,17 +94,11 @@ static int iwl_queue_space(const struct iwl_queue *q)
 /*
  * iwl_queue_init - Initialize queue's high/low-water and read/write indexes
  */
-static int iwl_queue_init(struct iwl_queue *q, int count, int slots_num, u32 id)
+static int iwl_queue_init(struct iwl_queue *q, int slots_num, u32 id)
 {
-	q->n_bd = count;
 	q->n_window = slots_num;
 	q->id = id;
 
-	/* count must be power-of-two size, otherwise iwl_queue_inc_wrap
-	 * and iwl_queue_dec_wrap are broken. */
-	if (WARN_ON(!is_power_of_2(count)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* slots_num must be power-of-two size, otherwise
 	 * get_cmd_index is broken. */
 	if (WARN_ON(!is_power_of_2(slots_num)))
@@ -197,17 +191,17 @@ static void iwl_pcie_txq_stuck_timer(unsigned long data)
 		IWL_ERR(trans,
 			"Q %d is %sactive and mapped to fifo %d ra_tid 0x%04x [%d,%d]\n",
 			i, active ? "" : "in", fifo, tbl_dw,
-			iwl_read_prph(trans,
-				      SCD_QUEUE_RDPTR(i)) & (txq->q.n_bd - 1),
+			iwl_read_prph(trans, SCD_QUEUE_RDPTR(i)) &
+				(TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX - 1),
 			iwl_read_prph(trans, SCD_QUEUE_WRPTR(i)));
 	}
 
 	for (i = q->read_ptr; i != q->write_ptr;
-	     i = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(i, q->n_bd))
+	     i = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(i))
 		IWL_ERR(trans, "scratch %d = 0x%08x\n", i,
 			le32_to_cpu(txq->scratchbufs[i].scratch));
 
-	iwl_write_prph(trans, DEVICE_SET_NMI_REG, 1);
+	iwl_force_nmi(trans);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -287,14 +281,14 @@ static void iwl_pcie_txq_inval_byte_cnt_tbl(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 /*
  * iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr - Send new write index to hardware
  */
-void iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct iwl_txq *txq)
+static void iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(struct iwl_trans *trans,
+				    struct iwl_txq *txq)
 {
 	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
 	u32 reg = 0;
 	int txq_id = txq->q.id;
 
-	if (txq->need_update == 0)
-		return;
+	lockdep_assert_held(&txq->lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * explicitly wake up the NIC if:
@@ -317,6 +311,7 @@ void iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct iwl_txq *txq)
 				       txq_id, reg);
 			iwl_set_bit(trans, CSR_GP_CNTRL,
 				    CSR_GP_CNTRL_REG_FLAG_MAC_ACCESS_REQ);
+			txq->need_update = true;
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -327,8 +322,23 @@ void iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct iwl_txq *txq)
 	 */
 	IWL_DEBUG_TX(trans, "Q:%d WR: 0x%x\n", txq_id, txq->q.write_ptr);
 	iwl_write32(trans, HBUS_TARG_WRPTR, txq->q.write_ptr | (txq_id << 8));
+}
+
+void iwl_pcie_txq_check_wrptrs(struct iwl_trans *trans)
+{
+	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < trans->cfg->base_params->num_of_queues; i++) {
+		struct iwl_txq *txq = &trans_pcie->txq[i];
 
-	txq->need_update = 0;
+		spin_lock_bh(&txq->lock);
+		if (trans_pcie->txq[i].need_update) {
+			iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(trans, txq);
+			trans_pcie->txq[i].need_update = false;
+		}
+		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->lock);
+	}
 }
 
 static inline dma_addr_t iwl_pcie_tfd_tb_get_addr(struct iwl_tfd *tfd, u8 idx)
@@ -343,13 +353,6 @@ static inline dma_addr_t iwl_pcie_tfd_tb_get_addr(struct iwl_tfd *tfd, u8 idx)
 	return addr;
 }
 
-static inline u16 iwl_pcie_tfd_tb_get_len(struct iwl_tfd *tfd, u8 idx)
-{
-	struct iwl_tfd_tb *tb = &tfd->tbs[idx];
-
-	return le16_to_cpu(tb->hi_n_len) >> 4;
-}
-
 static inline void iwl_pcie_tfd_set_tb(struct iwl_tfd *tfd, u8 idx,
 				       dma_addr_t addr, u16 len)
 {
@@ -409,13 +412,17 @@ static void iwl_pcie_txq_free_tfd(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct iwl_txq *txq)
 {
 	struct iwl_tfd *tfd_tmp = txq->tfds;
 
-	/* rd_ptr is bounded by n_bd and idx is bounded by n_window */
+	/* rd_ptr is bounded by TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX and
+	 * idx is bounded by n_window
+	 */
 	int rd_ptr = txq->q.read_ptr;
 	int idx = get_cmd_index(&txq->q, rd_ptr);
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&txq->lock);
 
-	/* We have only q->n_window txq->entries, but we use q->n_bd tfds */
+	/* We have only q->n_window txq->entries, but we use
+	 * TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX tfds
+	 */
 	iwl_pcie_tfd_unmap(trans, &txq->entries[idx].meta, &tfd_tmp[rd_ptr]);
 
 	/* free SKB */
@@ -436,7 +443,7 @@ static void iwl_pcie_txq_free_tfd(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct iwl_txq *txq)
 }
 
 static int iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct iwl_txq *txq,
-				  dma_addr_t addr, u16 len, u8 reset)
+				  dma_addr_t addr, u16 len, bool reset)
 {
 	struct iwl_queue *q;
 	struct iwl_tfd *tfd, *tfd_tmp;
@@ -542,15 +549,14 @@ static int iwl_pcie_txq_init(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct iwl_txq *txq,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	txq->need_update = 0;
+	txq->need_update = false;
 
 	/* TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX must be power-of-two size, otherwise
 	 * iwl_queue_inc_wrap and iwl_queue_dec_wrap are broken. */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX & (TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX - 1));
 
 	/* Initialize queue's high/low-water marks, and head/tail indexes */
-	ret = iwl_queue_init(&txq->q, TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX, slots_num,
-			txq_id);
+	ret = iwl_queue_init(&txq->q, slots_num, txq_id);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -575,15 +581,12 @@ static void iwl_pcie_txq_unmap(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id)
 	struct iwl_txq *txq = &trans_pcie->txq[txq_id];
 	struct iwl_queue *q = &txq->q;
 
-	if (!q->n_bd)
-		return;
-
 	spin_lock_bh(&txq->lock);
 	while (q->write_ptr != q->read_ptr) {
 		IWL_DEBUG_TX_REPLY(trans, "Q %d Free %d\n",
 				   txq_id, q->read_ptr);
 		iwl_pcie_txq_free_tfd(trans, txq);
-		q->read_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->read_ptr, q->n_bd);
+		q->read_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->read_ptr);
 	}
 	txq->active = false;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->lock);
@@ -620,10 +623,12 @@ static void iwl_pcie_txq_free(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id)
 		}
 
 	/* De-alloc circular buffer of TFDs */
-	if (txq->q.n_bd) {
-		dma_free_coherent(dev, sizeof(struct iwl_tfd) *
-				  txq->q.n_bd, txq->tfds, txq->q.dma_addr);
+	if (txq->tfds) {
+		dma_free_coherent(dev,
+				  sizeof(struct iwl_tfd) * TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX,
+				  txq->tfds, txq->q.dma_addr);
 		txq->q.dma_addr = 0;
+		txq->tfds = NULL;
 
 		dma_free_coherent(dev,
 				  sizeof(*txq->scratchbufs) * txq->q.n_window,
@@ -680,7 +685,8 @@ void iwl_pcie_tx_start(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 scd_base_addr)
 	/* The chain extension of the SCD doesn't work well. This feature is
 	 * enabled by default by the HW, so we need to disable it manually.
 	 */
-	iwl_write_prph(trans, SCD_CHAINEXT_EN, 0);
+	if (trans->cfg->base_params->scd_chain_ext_wa)
+		iwl_write_prph(trans, SCD_CHAINEXT_EN, 0);
 
 	iwl_trans_ac_txq_enable(trans, trans_pcie->cmd_queue,
 				trans_pcie->cmd_fifo);
@@ -931,8 +937,7 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_reclaim(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int ssn,
 {
 	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
 	struct iwl_txq *txq = &trans_pcie->txq[txq_id];
-	/* n_bd is usually 256 => n_bd - 1 = 0xff */
-	int tfd_num = ssn & (txq->q.n_bd - 1);
+	int tfd_num = ssn & (TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX - 1);
 	struct iwl_queue *q = &txq->q;
 	int last_to_free;
 
@@ -956,12 +961,12 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_reclaim(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int ssn,
 
 	/*Since we free until index _not_ inclusive, the one before index is
 	 * the last we will free. This one must be used */
-	last_to_free = iwl_queue_dec_wrap(tfd_num, q->n_bd);
+	last_to_free = iwl_queue_dec_wrap(tfd_num);
 
 	if (!iwl_queue_used(q, last_to_free)) {
 		IWL_ERR(trans,
 			"%s: Read index for DMA queue txq id (%d), last_to_free %d is out of range [0-%d] %d %d.\n",
-			__func__, txq_id, last_to_free, q->n_bd,
+			__func__, txq_id, last_to_free, TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX,
 			q->write_ptr, q->read_ptr);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -971,7 +976,7 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_reclaim(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int ssn,
 
 	for (;
 	     q->read_ptr != tfd_num;
-	     q->read_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->read_ptr, q->n_bd)) {
+	     q->read_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->read_ptr)) {
 
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(txq->entries[txq->q.read_ptr].skb == NULL))
 			continue;
@@ -1010,25 +1015,26 @@ static void iwl_pcie_cmdq_reclaim(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int idx)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&txq->lock);
 
-	if ((idx >= q->n_bd) || (!iwl_queue_used(q, idx))) {
+	if ((idx >= TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX) || (!iwl_queue_used(q, idx))) {
 		IWL_ERR(trans,
 			"%s: Read index for DMA queue txq id (%d), index %d is out of range [0-%d] %d %d.\n",
-			__func__, txq_id, idx, q->n_bd,
+			__func__, txq_id, idx, TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX,
 			q->write_ptr, q->read_ptr);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (idx = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(idx, q->n_bd); q->read_ptr != idx;
-	     q->read_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->read_ptr, q->n_bd)) {
+	for (idx = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(idx); q->read_ptr != idx;
+	     q->read_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->read_ptr)) {
 
 		if (nfreed++ > 0) {
 			IWL_ERR(trans, "HCMD skipped: index (%d) %d %d\n",
 				idx, q->write_ptr, q->read_ptr);
-			iwl_write_prph(trans, DEVICE_SET_NMI_REG, 1);
+			iwl_force_nmi(trans);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (q->read_ptr == q->write_ptr) {
+	if (trans->cfg->base_params->apmg_wake_up_wa &&
+	    q->read_ptr == q->write_ptr) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&trans_pcie->reg_lock, flags);
 		WARN_ON(!trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight);
 		trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight = false;
@@ -1309,28 +1315,39 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	cmd_pos = offsetof(struct iwl_device_cmd, payload);
 	copy_size = sizeof(out_cmd->hdr);
 	for (i = 0; i < IWL_MAX_CMD_TBS_PER_TFD; i++) {
-		int copy = 0;
+		int copy;
 
 		if (!cmd->len[i])
 			continue;
 
-		/* need at least IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE copied */
-		if (copy_size < IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE) {
-			copy = IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE - copy_size;
-
-			if (copy > cmd->len[i])
-				copy = cmd->len[i];
-		}
-
 		/* copy everything if not nocopy/dup */
 		if (!(cmd->dataflags[i] & (IWL_HCMD_DFL_NOCOPY |
-					   IWL_HCMD_DFL_DUP)))
+					   IWL_HCMD_DFL_DUP))) {
 			copy = cmd->len[i];
 
-		if (copy) {
 			memcpy((u8 *)out_cmd + cmd_pos, cmd->data[i], copy);
 			cmd_pos += copy;
 			copy_size += copy;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Otherwise we need at least IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE copied
+		 * in total (for the scratchbuf handling), but copy up to what
+		 * we can fit into the payload for debug dump purposes.
+		 */
+		copy = min_t(int, TFD_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE - cmd_pos, cmd->len[i]);
+
+		memcpy((u8 *)out_cmd + cmd_pos, cmd->data[i], copy);
+		cmd_pos += copy;
+
+		/* However, treat copy_size the proper way, we need it below */
+		if (copy_size < IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE) {
+			copy = IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE - copy_size;
+
+			if (copy > cmd->len[i])
+				copy = cmd->len[i];
+			copy_size += copy;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1345,7 +1362,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	memcpy(&txq->scratchbufs[q->write_ptr], &out_cmd->hdr, scratch_size);
 	iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq,
 			       iwl_pcie_get_scratchbuf_dma(txq, q->write_ptr),
-			       scratch_size, 1);
+			       scratch_size, true);
 
 	/* map first command fragment, if any remains */
 	if (copy_size > scratch_size) {
@@ -1361,7 +1378,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 		}
 
 		iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, phys_addr,
-				       copy_size - scratch_size, 0);
+				       copy_size - scratch_size, false);
 	}
 
 	/* map the remaining (adjusted) nocopy/dup fragments */
@@ -1384,7 +1401,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, phys_addr, cmdlen[i], 0);
+		iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, phys_addr, cmdlen[i], false);
 	}
 
 	out_meta->flags = cmd->flags;
@@ -1392,8 +1409,6 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 		kfree(txq->entries[idx].free_buf);
 	txq->entries[idx].free_buf = dup_buf;
 
-	txq->need_update = 1;
-
 	trace_iwlwifi_dev_hcmd(trans->dev, cmd, cmd_size, &out_cmd->hdr);
 
 	/* start timer if queue currently empty */
@@ -1405,9 +1420,11 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	/*
 	 * wake up the NIC to make sure that the firmware will see the host
 	 * command - we will let the NIC sleep once all the host commands
-	 * returned.
+	 * returned. This needs to be done only on NICs that have
+	 * apmg_wake_up_wa set.
 	 */
-	if (!trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight) {
+	if (trans->cfg->base_params->apmg_wake_up_wa &&
+	    !trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight) {
 		trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight = true;
 		__iwl_trans_pcie_set_bit(trans, CSR_GP_CNTRL,
 					 CSR_GP_CNTRL_REG_FLAG_MAC_ACCESS_REQ);
@@ -1427,7 +1444,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	}
 
 	/* Increment and update queue's write index */
-	q->write_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->write_ptr, q->n_bd);
+	q->write_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->write_ptr);
 	iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(trans, txq);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&trans_pcie->reg_lock, flags);
@@ -1583,7 +1600,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_send_hcmd_sync(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 			       get_cmd_string(trans_pcie, cmd->id));
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 
-		iwl_write_prph(trans, DEVICE_SET_NMI_REG, 1);
+		iwl_force_nmi(trans);
 		iwl_trans_fw_error(trans);
 
 		goto cancel;
@@ -1661,7 +1678,7 @@ int iwl_trans_pcie_tx(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	dma_addr_t tb0_phys, tb1_phys, scratch_phys;
 	void *tb1_addr;
 	u16 len, tb1_len, tb2_len;
-	u8 wait_write_ptr = 0;
+	bool wait_write_ptr;
 	__le16 fc = hdr->frame_control;
 	u8 hdr_len = ieee80211_hdrlen(fc);
 	u16 wifi_seq;
@@ -1722,7 +1739,7 @@ int iwl_trans_pcie_tx(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	memcpy(&txq->scratchbufs[q->write_ptr], &dev_cmd->hdr,
 	       IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE);
 	iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, tb0_phys,
-			       IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE, 1);
+			       IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE, true);
 
 	/* there must be data left over for TB1 or this code must be changed */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct iwl_tx_cmd) < IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE);
@@ -1732,7 +1749,7 @@ int iwl_trans_pcie_tx(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	tb1_phys = dma_map_single(trans->dev, tb1_addr, tb1_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(trans->dev, tb1_phys)))
 		goto out_err;
-	iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, tb1_phys, tb1_len, 0);
+	iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, tb1_phys, tb1_len, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set up TFD's third entry to point directly to remainder
@@ -1748,7 +1765,7 @@ int iwl_trans_pcie_tx(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					   &txq->tfds[q->write_ptr]);
 			goto out_err;
 		}
-		iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, tb2_phys, tb2_len, 0);
+		iwl_pcie_txq_build_tfd(trans, txq, tb2_phys, tb2_len, false);
 	}
 
 	/* Set up entry for this TFD in Tx byte-count array */
@@ -1762,12 +1779,7 @@ int iwl_trans_pcie_tx(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	trace_iwlwifi_dev_tx_data(trans->dev, skb,
 				  skb->data + hdr_len, tb2_len);
 
-	if (!ieee80211_has_morefrags(fc)) {
-		txq->need_update = 1;
-	} else {
-		wait_write_ptr = 1;
-		txq->need_update = 0;
-	}
+	wait_write_ptr = ieee80211_has_morefrags(fc);
 
 	/* start timer if queue currently empty */
 	if (txq->need_update && q->read_ptr == q->write_ptr &&
@@ -1775,22 +1787,19 @@ int iwl_trans_pcie_tx(struct iwl_trans *trans, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		mod_timer(&txq->stuck_timer, jiffies + trans_pcie->wd_timeout);
 
 	/* Tell device the write index *just past* this latest filled TFD */
-	q->write_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->write_ptr, q->n_bd);
-	iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(trans, txq);
+	q->write_ptr = iwl_queue_inc_wrap(q->write_ptr);
+	if (!wait_write_ptr)
+		iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(trans, txq);
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point the frame is "transmitted" successfully
-	 * and we will get a TX status notification eventually,
-	 * regardless of the value of ret. "ret" only indicates
-	 * whether or not we should update the write pointer.
+	 * and we will get a TX status notification eventually.
 	 */
 	if (iwl_queue_space(q) < q->high_mark) {
-		if (wait_write_ptr) {
-			txq->need_update = 1;
+		if (wait_write_ptr)
 			iwl_pcie_txq_inc_wr_ptr(trans, txq);
-		} else {
+		else
 			iwl_stop_queue(trans, txq);
-		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&txq->lock);
 	return 0;