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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/main.c
parente308a5d806c852f56590ffdd3834d0df0cbed8d7 (diff)
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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/main.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/main.c12
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 095b7d928d64..af0056e7e5b3 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:
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