From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Avinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, akarwar@marvell.com,
huxm@marvell.com, yangyang@marvell.com, cluo@marvell.com,
maithili@marvell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mwifiex: remove unnecessary rx_q lock
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:32:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140926173227.GD22967@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1411645602-18980-3-git-send-email-patila@marvell.com>
I only got 1/3 and 3/3 -- was there a 2/3 posted?
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 05:16:42PM +0530, Avinash Patil wrote:
> SKB lists have their own lock. So this lock is not needed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c | 1 -
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h | 2 --
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c | 4 ----
> drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c | 3 ---
> 4 files changed, 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
> index f7c97cf..580aa45 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
> @@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ int mwifiex_init_lock_list(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
> spin_lock_init(&adapter->cmd_free_q_lock);
> spin_lock_init(&adapter->cmd_pending_q_lock);
> spin_lock_init(&adapter->scan_pending_q_lock);
> - spin_lock_init(&adapter->rx_q_lock);
> spin_lock_init(&adapter->rx_proc_lock);
>
> skb_queue_head_init(&adapter->usb_rx_data_q);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
> index 1a99999..b5dc78b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
> @@ -763,8 +763,6 @@ struct mwifiex_adapter {
> struct list_head scan_pending_q;
> /* spin lock for scan_pending_q */
> spinlock_t scan_pending_q_lock;
> - /* spin lock for RX queue */
> - spinlock_t rx_q_lock;
> /* spin lock for RX processing routine */
> spinlock_t rx_proc_lock;
> struct sk_buff_head usb_rx_data_q;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
> index 1504b16..7e8d9b0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
> @@ -1233,7 +1233,6 @@ static int mwifiex_pcie_process_recv_data(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
> struct sk_buff *skb_tmp = NULL;
> struct mwifiex_pcie_buf_desc *desc;
> struct mwifiex_pfu_buf_desc *desc2;
> - unsigned long flags;
>
> if (!mwifiex_pcie_ok_to_access_hw(adapter))
> mwifiex_pm_wakeup_card(adapter);
> @@ -1285,10 +1284,7 @@ static int mwifiex_pcie_process_recv_data(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
> card->rxbd_rdptr, wrptr, rx_len);
> skb_pull(skb_data, INTF_HEADER_LEN);
> if (adapter->rx_work_enabled) {
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->rx_q_lock, flags);
> skb_queue_tail(&adapter->rx_data_q, skb_data);
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rx_q_lock,
> - flags);
> adapter->data_received = true;
> atomic_inc(&adapter->rx_pending);
> } else {
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c
> index ea8fc58..db9e4e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c
> @@ -1039,7 +1039,6 @@ static int mwifiex_decode_rx_packet(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
> struct sk_buff *skb, u32 upld_typ)
> {
> u8 *cmd_buf;
> - unsigned long flags;
> __le16 *curr_ptr = (__le16 *)skb->data;
> u16 pkt_len = le16_to_cpu(*curr_ptr);
>
> @@ -1050,9 +1049,7 @@ static int mwifiex_decode_rx_packet(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
> case MWIFIEX_TYPE_DATA:
> dev_dbg(adapter->dev, "info: --- Rx: Data packet ---\n");
> if (adapter->rx_work_enabled) {
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->rx_q_lock, flags);
> skb_queue_tail(&adapter->rx_data_q, skb);
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rx_q_lock, flags);
> adapter->data_received = true;
> atomic_inc(&adapter->rx_pending);
> } else {
> --
> 1.8.1.4
>
>
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-26 17:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-25 11:46 [PATCH 1/3] mwifiex: fix soft lockup during iperf UDP RX Avinash Patil
2014-09-25 11:46 ` [PATCH 3/3] mwifiex: remove unnecessary rx_q lock Avinash Patil
2014-09-26 17:32 ` John W. Linville [this message]
2014-09-29 10:23 ` Avinash Patil
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