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Re: [PATCH 8/8] qtnfmac: implement scan timeout

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Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 08:27:37PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> 
>> External Email
>> 
>> 
>> Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > Userspace tools may hang on scan in the case when scan completion event
>> > is not returned by firmware. This patch implements the scan timeout
>> > to avoid such situation.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > +static __always_inline void qtnf_wmac_lock(struct qtnf_wmac *mac)
>> > +{
>> > +     mutex_lock(&mac->mac_lock);
>> > +}
>> > +
>> > +static __always_inline void qtnf_wmac_unlock(struct qtnf_wmac *mac)
>> > +{
>> > +     mutex_unlock(&mac->mac_lock);
>> > +}
>> 
>> Why? These look pointless to me.
>
> Could you please clarify a bit. You mean, locking/unlocking directly instead of
> using inline wrappers ?

Yeah, adding unnecessary abstractions is very much frowned upon.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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