Each DXE control block is associated to a specific channel. The channel lock is always taken before accessing a control block. There is no need to have an extra (useless) spinlock for the control block skb. Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c | 8 +------- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c index 2c3b899..4bb9630 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.c @@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ static int wcn36xx_dxe_allocate_ctl_block(struct wcn36xx_dxe_ch *ch) if (!cur_ctl) goto out_fail; - spin_lock_init(&cur_ctl->skb_lock); cur_ctl->ctl_blk_order = i; if (i == 0) { ch->head_blk_ctl = cur_ctl; @@ -377,12 +376,11 @@ static void reap_tx_dxes(struct wcn36xx *wcn, struct wcn36xx_dxe_ch *ch) /* Keep frame until TX status comes */ ieee80211_free_txskb(wcn->hw, ctl->skb); } - spin_lock(&ctl->skb_lock); + if (wcn->queues_stopped) { wcn->queues_stopped = false; ieee80211_wake_queues(wcn->hw); } - spin_unlock(&ctl->skb_lock); ctl->skb = NULL; } @@ -654,8 +652,6 @@ int wcn36xx_dxe_tx_frame(struct wcn36xx *wcn, spin_lock_irqsave(&ch->lock, flags); ctl = ch->head_blk_ctl; - spin_lock(&ctl->next->skb_lock); - /* * If skb is not null that means that we reached the tail of the ring * hence ring is full. Stop queues to let mac80211 back off until ring @@ -664,11 +660,9 @@ int wcn36xx_dxe_tx_frame(struct wcn36xx *wcn, if (NULL != ctl->next->skb) { ieee80211_stop_queues(wcn->hw); wcn->queues_stopped = true; - spin_unlock(&ctl->next->skb_lock); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, flags); return -EBUSY; } - spin_unlock(&ctl->next->skb_lock); ctl->skb = NULL; desc = ctl->desc; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.h index ce58096..31b81b7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/dxe.h @@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ struct wcn36xx_dxe_ctl { unsigned int desc_phy_addr; int ctl_blk_order; struct sk_buff *skb; - spinlock_t skb_lock; void *bd_cpu_addr; dma_addr_t bd_phy_addr; }; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html