This patch reworks the handling for setting the state like mac80211. We use bit's instead a bool variable. The mutex is not needed because it's locked by rtnl lock. Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h | 6 +++++- net/mac802154/iface.c | 10 ++++------ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h b/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h index c20fbc9..5bfdec0 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h +++ b/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ enum { IEEE802154_RX_MSG = 1, }; +enum ieee802154_sdata_state_bits { + SDATA_STATE_RUNNING, +}; + /* Slave interface definition. * * Slaves represent typical network interfaces available from userspace. @@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ struct ieee802154_sub_if_data { struct net_device *dev; int type; - bool running; + unsigned long state; spinlock_t mib_lock; diff --git a/net/mac802154/iface.c b/net/mac802154/iface.c index 4655be5..d221562 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/iface.c +++ b/net/mac802154/iface.c @@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ static int mac802154_slave_open(struct net_device *dev) goto err; } - mutex_lock(&sdata->local->iflist_mtx); - sdata->running = true; - mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->iflist_mtx); + set_bit(SDATA_STATE_RUNNING, &sdata->state); local->open_count++; @@ -57,6 +55,8 @@ static int mac802154_slave_open(struct net_device *dev) return 0; err: + /* might already be clear but that doesn't matter */ + clear_bit(SDATA_STATE_RUNNING, &sdata->state); return res; } @@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ static int mac802154_slave_close(struct net_device *dev) local->open_count--; - mutex_lock(&sdata->local->iflist_mtx); - sdata->running = false; - mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->iflist_mtx); + clear_bit(SDATA_STATE_RUNNING, &sdata->state); if (!local->open_count) drv_stop(local); -- 2.0.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wpan" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html