From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> There's no need to lock, we can just use an atomic_t. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/core.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c index cc49cf1..9416b8f 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.c +++ b/net/wireless/core.c @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void cfg80211_event_work(struct work_struct *work) struct wiphy *wiphy_new(const struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv) { - static int wiphy_counter; + static atomic_t wiphy_counter = ATOMIC_INIT(0); struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev; int alloc_size; @@ -311,20 +311,15 @@ struct wiphy *wiphy_new(const struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv) rdev->ops = ops; - mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex); - - rdev->wiphy_idx = wiphy_counter++; + rdev->wiphy_idx = atomic_inc_return(&wiphy_counter); if (unlikely(rdev->wiphy_idx < 0)) { - wiphy_counter--; - mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); /* ugh, wrapped! */ + atomic_dec(&wiphy_counter); kfree(rdev); return NULL; } - mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); - /* give it a proper name */ dev_set_name(&rdev->wiphy.dev, PHY_NAME "%d", rdev->wiphy_idx); -- 1.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html