mac80211: add tx dequeue function for process context

Since ieee80211_tx_dequeue() must not be called with softirqs enabled
(i.e. from process context without proper disable of bottom halves),
we add a wrapper that disables bottom halves before calling
ieee80211_tx_dequeue()

The new function is named ieee80211_tx_dequeue_ni() just as all other
from-process-context versions found in mac80211.

The documentation of ieee80211_tx_dequeue() is also updated so it
mentions that the function should not be called from process context.

Signed-off-by: Erik Stromdahl <erik.stromdahl@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190617200140.6189-1-erik.stromdahl@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Erik Stromdahl 2019-06-17 22:01:39 +02:00 коммит произвёл Johannes Berg
Родитель a11e2f8548
Коммит fb0e76abe3
2 изменённых файлов: 28 добавлений и 0 удалений

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@ -6234,10 +6234,36 @@ void ieee80211_unreserve_tid(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u8 tid);
* but for the duration of the frame handling.
* However, also note that while in the wake_tx_queue() method,
* rcu_read_lock() is already held.
*
* softirqs must also be disabled when this function is called.
* In process context, use ieee80211_tx_dequeue_ni() instead.
*/
struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_txq *txq);
/**
* ieee80211_tx_dequeue_ni - dequeue a packet from a software tx queue
* (in process context)
*
* Like ieee80211_tx_dequeue() but can be called in process context
* (internally disables bottom halves).
*
* @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
* @txq: pointer obtained from station or virtual interface, or from
* ieee80211_next_txq()
*/
static inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue_ni(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_txq *txq)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
local_bh_disable();
skb = ieee80211_tx_dequeue(hw, txq);
local_bh_enable();
return skb;
}
/**
* ieee80211_next_txq - get next tx queue to pull packets from
*

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@ -3546,6 +3546,8 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
ieee80211_tx_result r;
struct ieee80211_vif *vif = txq->vif;
WARN_ON_ONCE(softirq_count() == 0);
begin:
spin_lock_bh(&fq->lock);