| commit | cfb7267aaba2b59374d7bc765f038698711b09d8 | |
| author | Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> | |
| Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:14:35 +0000 (28 23:14 -0700) | ||
| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | |
| Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:35:48 +0000 (18 20:35 -0400) | ||
| tree | 5ac53af4883bf52a67382a459a3df04d2623e98f | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 33ccad35a21df51c0d23f3e3e88688524e7b51ed | commitdiff |
[PATCH] mac80211: remove rtnl locking in ieee80211_sta.c
The rtnl is held in ieee80211_sta.c to prevent some potential
configuration races with userspace. Unfortunately, it also has the
potential for deadlocks on interface down. This patch removes the
rtnl locking to eliminate the deadlocks.
Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The rtnl is held in ieee80211_sta.c to prevent some potential
configuration races with userspace. Unfortunately, it also has the
potential for deadlocks on interface down. This patch removes the
rtnl locking to eliminate the deadlocks.
Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c | diffblobblamehistory |