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Re: [PATCH/RFT] iwlagn: remove pointless TX frame check

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On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 22:08 +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > mac80211 will not send data frames on a STA mode interface
> > that is not associated because the queue for it is stopped,
> > and all remaining data frames that might be sent, e.g. by
> > packet injection, are accepted here anyway, so remove this
> > pointless check. Also hold the spinlock for less time.
> >
> > This will with great probability improve performance in the
> > driver more than the proper descriptor layout can possibly
> > cost.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Haven't tested this so far, so RFT, but I'm fairly certain it's correct.
> 
> 
> NACK, the completion of association of mac80211 and iwlagn isn't fully
> synchronized so there is still
> a race.

Can we fix that?

johannes

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