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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-15 00:15:08 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-15 00:15:08 -0700
commitb9e40857682ecfc5bcd0356a23ff409883ffb982 (patch)
treed241fd289bed6d16f36f6d26815c1e78e212c89a /net/mac80211
parente308a5d806c852f56590ffdd3834d0df0cbed8d7 (diff)
netdev: Do not use TX lock to protect address lists.
Now that we have a specific lock to protect the network device unicast and multicast lists, remove extraneous grabs of the TX lock in cases where the code only needs address list protection. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/main.c12
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/mlme.c6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 095b7d928d6..af0056e7e5b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -291,11 +291,9 @@ static int ieee80211_open(struct net_device *dev)
if (sdata->u.mntr_flags & MONITOR_FLAG_OTHER_BSS)
local->fif_other_bss++;
- netif_tx_lock_bh(local->mdev);
- netif_addr_lock(local->mdev);
+ netif_addr_lock_bh(local->mdev);
ieee80211_configure_filter(local);
- netif_addr_unlock(local->mdev);
- netif_tx_unlock_bh(local->mdev);
+ netif_addr_unlock_bh(local->mdev);
break;
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA:
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS:
@@ -492,11 +490,9 @@ static int ieee80211_stop(struct net_device *dev)
if (sdata->u.mntr_flags & MONITOR_FLAG_OTHER_BSS)
local->fif_other_bss--;
- netif_tx_lock_bh(local->mdev);
- netif_addr_lock(local->mdev);
+ netif_addr_lock_bh(local->mdev);
ieee80211_configure_filter(local);
- netif_addr_unlock(local->mdev);
- netif_tx_unlock_bh(local->mdev);
+ netif_addr_unlock_bh(local->mdev);
break;
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT:
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA:
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 1232ba25e1e..d7c371e36bf 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -4064,16 +4064,14 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_start_scan(struct net_device *dev,
local->scan_band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ;
local->scan_dev = dev;
- netif_tx_lock_bh(local->mdev);
- netif_addr_lock(local->mdev);
+ netif_addr_lock_bh(local->mdev);
local->filter_flags |= FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC;
local->ops->configure_filter(local_to_hw(local),
FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC,
&local->filter_flags,
local->mdev->mc_count,
local->mdev->mc_list);
- netif_addr_unlock(local->mdev);
- netif_tx_unlock_bh(local->mdev);
+ netif_addr_unlock_bh(local->mdev);
/* TODO: start scan as soon as all nullfunc frames are ACKed */
queue_delayed_work(local->hw.workqueue, &local->scan_work,