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brcm80211: smac: decreased timer callback irq level
authorRoland Vossen <rvossen@broadcom.com>
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:51:12 +0000 (20:51 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:48:16 +0000 (14:48 -0400)
commit2a7fc5b1c17a6055fe2753ebacaf43b5780bcf99
treebae75a98fea99de15a4b38b4d6386596a820ecd3tree | snapshot
parentbe69c4ef462a476523f89c74e7db29f6ad207a1acommit | diff
brcm80211: smac: decreased timer callback irq level

Timer functions were called at soft-irq level, leading to the limitation
that mutexes could not be used. Lifted this limitation by migrating to
work queues.

Reviewed-by: Alwin Beukers <alwin@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c diff | blob | history
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.h diff | blob | history
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