* [PATCH] mac80211: move some RCU locking into an if branch
@ 2008-09-06 19:27 Johannes Berg
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From: Johannes Berg @ 2008-09-06 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Linville; +Cc: linux-wireless
The if itself doesn't need to be protected, so move in the RCU
locking to avoid doing anything at all when the condition isn't
true.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
---
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- everything.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2008-09-06 20:41:07.000000000 +0200
+++ everything/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2008-09-06 21:22:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -2440,13 +2440,12 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct
mesh_peer_accepts_plinks(elems));
}
- rcu_read_lock();
-
if (sdata->vif.type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS && elems->supp_rates &&
memcmp(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.sta.bssid, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
-
supp_rates = ieee80211_sta_get_rates(local, elems, band);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
sta = sta_info_get(local, mgmt->sa);
if (sta) {
u64 prev_rates;
@@ -2470,9 +2469,9 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct
ieee80211_ibss_add_sta(sdata, NULL, mgmt->bssid,
mgmt->sa, supp_rates);
}
- }
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ }
if (elems->ds_params && elems->ds_params_len == 1)
freq = ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(elems->ds_params[0]);
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