Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The purpose of pushing indication on a list and handle these in a > separate worker is to allow the handlers to sleep. It does therefor not > make much sense to hold the queue spinlock through the entire indication > worker function. > > By removing items from the queue early we don't need to hold the lock > throughout the indication worker, allowing the individual handlers to > sleep. > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 6d1f37323f5b wcn36xx: Reduce spinlock in indication handler -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10103469/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
