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authorHelmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>2011-01-30 13:17:29 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-01-31 15:06:22 -0500
commit8d59c4e993427df37fb8bfc3470c298194a68e7a (patch)
tree0d0a45cfb79552f9b3f48e5098450ec1a775ac25 /drivers
parentrt2x00: Limit beacon updates in bss_info_changed to USB devices (diff)
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rt2x00: Make periodic beacon updates for PCI devices atomic
Allow the beacondone and pretbtt functions to update the beacon from atomic context by using the beacon update functions with caller locking. This is a preparation for moving the periodic beacon handling into tasklets that require atomic context. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c26
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 2c6503878059..50b379a6c9ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -174,7 +174,13 @@ static void rt2x00lib_beaconupdate_iter(void *data, u8 *mac,
vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS)
return;
- rt2x00queue_update_beacon(rt2x00dev, vif);
+ /*
+ * Update the beacon without locking. This is safe on PCI devices
+ * as they only update the beacon periodically here. This should
+ * never be called for USB devices.
+ */
+ WARN_ON(rt2x00_is_usb(rt2x00dev));
+ rt2x00queue_update_beacon_locked(rt2x00dev, vif);
}
void rt2x00lib_beacondone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
@@ -183,9 +189,9 @@ void rt2x00lib_beacondone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
return;
/* send buffered bc/mc frames out for every bssid */
- ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(rt2x00dev->hw,
- rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter,
- rt2x00dev);
+ ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic(rt2x00dev->hw,
+ rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter,
+ rt2x00dev);
/*
* Devices with pre tbtt interrupt don't need to update the beacon
* here as they will fetch the next beacon directly prior to
@@ -195,9 +201,9 @@ void rt2x00lib_beacondone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
return;
/* fetch next beacon */
- ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(rt2x00dev->hw,
- rt2x00lib_beaconupdate_iter,
- rt2x00dev);
+ ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic(rt2x00dev->hw,
+ rt2x00lib_beaconupdate_iter,
+ rt2x00dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00lib_beacondone);
@@ -207,9 +213,9 @@ void rt2x00lib_pretbtt(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
return;
/* fetch next beacon */
- ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(rt2x00dev->hw,
- rt2x00lib_beaconupdate_iter,
- rt2x00dev);
+ ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic(rt2x00dev->hw,
+ rt2x00lib_beaconupdate_iter,
+ rt2x00dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00lib_pretbtt);