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Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] ath9k: always call ath_reset from workqueue context

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On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:30:45AM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> This makes it much easier to add further rework to avoid race conditions
> between reset and other work items.
> Move other functions to make ath_reset static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
> index 49b93c2..2b2a975 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
> @@ -581,8 +581,10 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
>  
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
>  
> -	if (needreset)
> -		ath_reset(sc, false);
> +	if (needreset) {
> +		sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_HW_RESET;
> +		ieee80211_queue_work(sc->hw, &sc->hw_reset_work);
> +	}
>  }
>
Still ath_txq_schedule can be scheduled. Return a error code from
ath_tx_complete_aggr to abort tx process intead of SC_OP_HW_RESET.
That looks much more generic and simple.

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Rajkumar
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