| commit | 428da76523e4a9c08bdfadc25a05b520f19b9133 | |
| author | Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com> | |
| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:23:36 +0000 (24 19:23 +0200) | ||
| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | |
| Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:09:20 +0000 (27 09:09 -0400) | ||
| tree | 4fcdffdd45b38e81f11631867aaf75db676e3b9c | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | f37d08bddc5cb8de18e55f2b0a401b3eb6269af4 | commitdiff |
mac80211: Add RTNL warning for workqueue
The workqueue provided by mac80211 should not be used for
scheduled tasks that acquire the RTNL lock. This could be done
when the driver uses the function ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces()
within the scheduled work. Such behavior will end in locking
dependencies problems when an interface is being removed.
This patch will add a notification about the RTNL locking and
the mac80211 workqueue to prevent driver developers from
blindly using it.
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The workqueue provided by mac80211 should not be used for
scheduled tasks that acquire the RTNL lock. This could be done
when the driver uses the function ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces()
within the scheduled work. Such behavior will end in locking
dependencies problems when an interface is being removed.
This patch will add a notification about the RTNL locking and
the mac80211 workqueue to prevent driver developers from
blindly using it.
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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