mac80211/rt2x00: add ieee80211_tx_status_ni()

All rt2x00 drivers except rt2800pci call ieee80211_tx_status() from
a workqueue, which causes "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08" messages.

To fix it, add ieee80211_tx_status_ni() similar to ieee80211_rx_ni()
which can be called from process context, and call it from
rt2x00lib_txdone().  For the rt2800pci special case a driver
flag is introduced.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24892

Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
Johannes Stezenbach 2010-11-30 16:49:23 +01:00 • committed by John W. Linville
commit 9f333281a7
4 changed files with 32 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ static int rt2800pci_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &rt2x00dev->flags);
__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD, &rt2x00dev->flags);
__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
__set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT, &rt2x00dev->flags);
if (!modparam_nohwcrypt)
__set_bit(CONFIG_SUPPORT_HW_CRYPTO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
__set_bit(DRIVER_SUPPORT_LINK_TUNING, &rt2x00dev->flags);

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@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ enum rt2x00_flags {
DRIVER_REQUIRE_COPY_IV,
DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD,
DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO,
DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT,
/*
* Driver features

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@ -390,9 +390,12 @@ void rt2x00lib_txdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
* through a mac80211 library call (RTS/CTS) then we should not
* send the status report back.
*/
if (!(skbdesc_flags & SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211))
ieee80211_tx_status(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
else
if (!(skbdesc_flags & SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211)) {
if (test_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT, &rt2x00dev->flags))
ieee80211_tx_status(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
else
ieee80211_tx_status_ni(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
} else
dev_kfree_skb_any(entry->skb);
/*