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author | Johannes Stezenbach <js@sig21.net> | 2010-11-30 16:49:23 +0100 |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-12-20 13:48:04 -0500 |
commit | 9f333281a7da4c3a59bccc0cb53f7590eb850d93 (patch) | |
tree | 516ce1c2abc5bf4662f484586654589bb23b63c8 /include | |
parent | 56e6417b49132d4f56e9f2241d31942b90b46315 (diff) |
mac80211/rt2x00: add ieee80211_tx_status_ni()
All rt2x00 drivers except rt2800pci call ieee80211_tx_status() from
a workqueue, which causes "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08" messages.
To fix it, add ieee80211_tx_status_ni() similar to ieee80211_rx_ni()
which can be called from process context, and call it from
rt2x00lib_txdone(). For the rt2800pci special case a driver
flag is introduced.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24892
Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@sig21.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 28 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 9fdf982d1286..365359b24177 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -2024,8 +2024,8 @@ static inline void ieee80211_rx_ni(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, * * This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls - * to this function and ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe() may not be mixed - * for a single hardware. + * to this function, ieee80211_tx_status_ni() and ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe() + * may not be mixed for a single hardware. * * @hw: the hardware the frame was transmitted by * @skb: the frame that was transmitted, owned by mac80211 after this call @@ -2034,13 +2034,33 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); /** + * ieee80211_tx_status_ni - transmit status callback (in process context) + * + * Like ieee80211_tx_status() but can be called in process context. + * + * Calls to this function, ieee80211_tx_status() and + * ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe() may not be mixed + * for a single hardware. + * + * @hw: the hardware the frame was transmitted by + * @skb: the frame that was transmitted, owned by mac80211 after this call + */ +static inline void ieee80211_tx_status_ni(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + local_bh_disable(); + ieee80211_tx_status(hw, skb); + local_bh_enable(); +} + +/** * ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe - IRQ-safe transmit status callback * * Like ieee80211_tx_status() but can be called in IRQ context * (internally defers to a tasklet.) * - * Calls to this function and ieee80211_tx_status() may not be mixed for a - * single hardware. + * Calls to this function, ieee80211_tx_status() and + * ieee80211_tx_status_ni() may not be mixed for a single hardware. * * @hw: the hardware the frame was transmitted by * @skb: the frame that was transmitted, owned by mac80211 after this call |