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authorMichael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>2006-06-27 21:38:40 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2006-07-10 14:19:41 -0400
commitefa6a370216f1816456b49aac03295071720f7eb (patch)
treea29c205e603d96ad3b4ef34b274335a851672aac /drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
parentb312d799b324e895745ffe148def234fc60d5b74 (diff)
[PATCH] bcm43xx: opencoded locking
As many people don't seem to like the locking "obfuscation" in the bcm43xx driver, this patch removes it. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h64
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
index 17a56828e23..ee6571ed706 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx.h
@@ -649,6 +649,19 @@ enum {
#define bcm43xx_status(bcm) atomic_read(&(bcm)->init_status)
#define bcm43xx_set_status(bcm, stat) atomic_set(&(bcm)->init_status, (stat))
+/* *** THEORY OF LOCKING ***
+ *
+ * We have two different locks in the bcm43xx driver.
+ * => bcm->mutex: General sleeping mutex. Protects struct bcm43xx_private
+ * and the device registers. This mutex does _not_ protect
+ * against concurrency from the IRQ handler.
+ * => bcm->irq_lock: IRQ spinlock. Protects against IRQ handler concurrency.
+ *
+ * Please note that, if you only take the irq_lock, you are not protected
+ * against concurrency from the periodic work handlers.
+ * Most times you want to take _both_ locks.
+ */
+
struct bcm43xx_private {
struct ieee80211_device *ieee;
struct ieee80211softmac_device *softmac;
@@ -659,7 +672,6 @@ struct bcm43xx_private {
void __iomem *mmio_addr;
- /* Locking, see "theory of locking" text below. */
spinlock_t irq_lock;
struct mutex mutex;
@@ -691,6 +703,7 @@ struct bcm43xx_private {
struct bcm43xx_sprominfo sprom;
#define BCM43xx_NR_LEDS 4
struct bcm43xx_led leds[BCM43xx_NR_LEDS];
+ spinlock_t leds_lock;
/* The currently active core. */
struct bcm43xx_coreinfo *current_core;
@@ -763,55 +776,6 @@ struct bcm43xx_private {
};
-/* *** THEORY OF LOCKING ***
- *
- * We have two different locks in the bcm43xx driver.
- * => bcm->mutex: General sleeping mutex. Protects struct bcm43xx_private
- * and the device registers.
- * => bcm->irq_lock: IRQ spinlock. Protects against IRQ handler concurrency.
- *
- * We have three types of helper function pairs to utilize these locks.
- * (Always use the helper functions.)
- * 1) bcm43xx_{un}lock_noirq():
- * Takes bcm->mutex. Does _not_ protect against IRQ concurrency,
- * so it is almost always unsafe, if device IRQs are enabled.
- * So only use this, if device IRQs are masked.
- * Locking may sleep.
- * You can sleep within the critical section.
- * 2) bcm43xx_{un}lock_irqonly():
- * Takes bcm->irq_lock. Does _not_ protect against
- * bcm43xx_lock_noirq() critical sections.
- * Does only protect against the IRQ handler path and other
- * irqonly() critical sections.
- * Locking does not sleep.
- * You must not sleep within the critical section.
- * 3) bcm43xx_{un}lock_irqsafe():
- * This is the cummulative lock and takes both, mutex and irq_lock.
- * Protects against noirq() and irqonly() critical sections (and
- * the IRQ handler path).
- * Locking may sleep.
- * You must not sleep within the critical section.
- */
-
-/* Lock type 1 */
-#define bcm43xx_lock_noirq(bcm) mutex_lock(&(bcm)->mutex)
-#define bcm43xx_unlock_noirq(bcm) mutex_unlock(&(bcm)->mutex)
-/* Lock type 2 */
-#define bcm43xx_lock_irqonly(bcm, flags) \
- spin_lock_irqsave(&(bcm)->irq_lock, flags)
-#define bcm43xx_unlock_irqonly(bcm, flags) \
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(bcm)->irq_lock, flags)
-/* Lock type 3 */
-#define bcm43xx_lock_irqsafe(bcm, flags) do { \
- bcm43xx_lock_noirq(bcm); \
- bcm43xx_lock_irqonly(bcm, flags); \
- } while (0)
-#define bcm43xx_unlock_irqsafe(bcm, flags) do { \
- bcm43xx_unlock_irqonly(bcm, flags); \
- bcm43xx_unlock_noirq(bcm); \
- } while (0)
-
-
static inline
struct bcm43xx_private * bcm43xx_priv(struct net_device *dev)
{