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authorJohannes Stezenbach <js@sig21.net>2010-11-30 16:49:23 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-12-20 13:48:04 -0500
commit9f333281a7da4c3a59bccc0cb53f7590eb850d93 (patch)
tree516ce1c2abc5bf4662f484586654589bb23b63c8 /drivers/net
parent56e6417b49132d4f56e9f2241d31942b90b46315 (diff)
downloadlinux-9f333281a7da4c3a59bccc0cb53f7590eb850d93.tar.gz
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 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c1
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c9
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
index b26739535986..09a67905c230 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ static int rt2800pci_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
+	__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 	if (!modparam_nohwcrypt)
 		__set_bit(CONFIG_SUPPORT_HW_CRYPTO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
 	__set_bit(DRIVER_SUPPORT_LINK_TUNING, &rt2x00dev->flags);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 94fe589acfaa..ab43e7ca2a23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ enum rt2x00_flags {
 	DRIVER_REQUIRE_COPY_IV,
 	DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD,
 	DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO,
+	DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT,
 
 	/*
 	 * Driver features
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 5ba79b935f09..d019830ca840 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -390,9 +390,12 @@ void rt2x00lib_txdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
 	 * through a mac80211 library call (RTS/CTS) then we should not
 	 * send the status report back.
 	 */
-	if (!(skbdesc_flags & SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211))
-		ieee80211_tx_status(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
-	else
+	if (!(skbdesc_flags & SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211)) {
+		if (test_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT, &rt2x00dev->flags))
+			ieee80211_tx_status(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
+		else
+			ieee80211_tx_status_ni(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
+	} else
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(entry->skb);
 
 	/*