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authorPing-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>2018-01-17 09:15:21 +0300
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>2018-01-17 18:09:10 +0300
commita3fa3669d18c959c265eda2048b998c0062a61ce (patch)
tree50aac2c73bb59847acc8bc536ce567b6218905a8 /drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
parent98051872fd25077d3b106ab3d2b945fa7025c1ef (diff)
downloadlinux-a3fa3669d18c959c265eda2048b998c0062a61ce.tar.xz
rtlwifi: Use mutex to replace spin_lock to protect IPS and LPS
Enter/leavel IPS and LPS are large critical section, and they can't use sleep function because running in atomic-context, which own a spin_lock. In commit ba9f93f82aba ("rtlwifi: Fix enter/exit power_save"), it moves LPS functions to thread-context, so this commit can simply change LPS's spin lock to mutex. Considering IPS functions, rtl_ips_nic_on() may be called by TX tasklet (softirq-context) that check whether packet is auth frame. Fortunately, current mac80211 will ask driver to leave IPS using op_config with changed flag IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE, before issuing auth frame, so IPS functions can run in thread-context and use mutex to protect critical section, too. Also, this commit removes some useless spin locks. Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
index 0ba9c0cc95e1..89ec318598ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ int rtl_init_core(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
/* <4> locks */
mutex_init(&rtlpriv->locks.conf_mutex);
- spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.ips_lock);
+ mutex_init(&rtlpriv->locks.ips_mutex);
+ mutex_init(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_mutex);
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.irq_th_lock);
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.h2c_lock);
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.rf_ps_lock);
@@ -561,9 +562,7 @@ int rtl_init_core(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.c2hcmd_lock);
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.scan_list_lock);
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.cck_and_rw_pagea_lock);
- spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.check_sendpkt_lock);
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.fw_ps_lock);
- spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
spin_lock_init(&rtlpriv->locks.iqk_lock);
/* <5> init list */
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtlpriv->entry_list);
@@ -1229,7 +1228,6 @@ bool rtl_tx_mgmt_proc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
}
if (ieee80211_is_auth(fc)) {
RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_SEND, DBG_DMESG, "MAC80211_LINKING\n");
- rtl_ips_nic_on(hw);
mac->link_state = MAC80211_LINKING;
/* Dul mac */