From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> When we TX, we hold the sta_lock for a long time, a lot of which isn't needed. Reduce the time we hold the lock. Note that this doesn't really change anything as the code is already under the other spinlock, but it makes the code easier to read. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c | 8 ++++---- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c index 81a3b0e..59509d8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c @@ -341,13 +341,10 @@ int iwlagn_tx_skb(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb) if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU) is_agg = true; - /* irqs already disabled/saved above when locking priv->shrd->lock */ - spin_lock(&priv->shrd->sta_lock); - dev_cmd = kmem_cache_alloc(priv->tx_cmd_pool, GFP_ATOMIC); if (unlikely(!dev_cmd)) - goto drop_unlock_sta; + goto drop_unlock_priv; memset(dev_cmd, 0, sizeof(*dev_cmd)); tx_cmd = (struct iwl_tx_cmd *) dev_cmd->payload; @@ -372,6 +369,9 @@ int iwlagn_tx_skb(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb) info->driver_data[0] = ctx; info->driver_data[1] = dev_cmd; + /* irqs already disabled/saved above when locking priv->shrd->lock */ + spin_lock(&priv->shrd->sta_lock); + if (ieee80211_is_data_qos(fc) && !ieee80211_is_qos_nullfunc(fc)) { u8 *qc = NULL; struct iwl_tid_data *tid_data; -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html