commit 2c158887f1185e04b3763ae346da9f71fcbc4429
Author: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Mar 12 19:28:31 2015 +0100
mac80211: agg-tx: avoid sending DelBA with sta->lock held
The rate control locking caused a potential deadlock here due to
the
locks being acquired in different orders, so that change cannot yet
be applied. However, there's no fundamental reason for this code to
hold the sta->lock while transmitting frames.
Clearly it's better not to hold the lock for longer periods of
time,
which can happen here since we call all the way down to the driver.
Change the code a bit to not hold it while doing that.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
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