In rtw_cmd_thread's main loop, we wait until there's a command in the queue. To skip this wait statement in subsequent iterations, the driver uses a label and goto instead of the actual loop. We only get back to the initial wait if the queue is empty when we read it. Basically, all we want to do is check if there's a command in the queue. If yes, we process it. If not, we wait until someone enqueues a command. Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c index 9d358dce5296..6728391d39e3 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c @@ -188,10 +188,6 @@ int rtw_cmd_thread(void *context) ("start r871x %s !!!!\n", __func__)); while (1) { - if (wait_for_completion_interruptible(&pcmdpriv->cmd_queue_comp)) - break; - -_next: if (padapter->bDriverStopped || padapter->bSurpriseRemoved) { DBG_88E("%s: DriverStopped(%d) SurpriseRemoved(%d) break at line %d\n", @@ -201,8 +197,13 @@ int rtw_cmd_thread(void *context) } pcmd = rtw_dequeue_cmd(&pcmdpriv->cmd_queue); - if (!pcmd) + if (!pcmd) { + /* The queue is empty. Wait until someone enqueues a command. */ + if (wait_for_completion_interruptible(&pcmdpriv->cmd_queue_comp)) + break; + continue; + } if (rtw_cmd_filter(pcmdpriv, pcmd) == _FAIL) { pcmd->res = H2C_DROPPED; @@ -239,8 +240,6 @@ int rtw_cmd_thread(void *context) if (signal_pending(current)) flush_signals(current); - - goto _next; } pcmdpriv->cmdthd_running = false; -- 2.20.1