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| author | Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> | 2009-10-13 20:33:13 +0300 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-10-27 16:48:21 -0400 |
| commit | e36e49f7338f0f73cd7f5ba4f5b646a479ab60a8 (patch) | |
| tree | afd17ce1fb0c79e89bf481f781fb7ef82759741c /include/net | |
| parent | 88499ab3d8dbbf9c080416952603742666c71262 (diff) | |
mac80211: add ieee80211_rx_ni()
ieee80211_rx() must be called with bottom halves disabled. To simplify
driver development implement ieee80211_rx_ni() which disables BH. This
function must be used when in process context.
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 32 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index c75b960c8ac..c42c4a820b8 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1665,11 +1665,11 @@ void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw); * header if %RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP is set in the @status flags. * * This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function - * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls - * to this function and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() may not be mixed for a - * single hardware. + * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls to + * this function, ieee80211_rx_ni() and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() may not be + * mixed for a single hardware. * - * Note that right now, this function must be called with softirqs disabled. + * In process context use instead ieee80211_rx_ni(). * * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call @@ -1682,8 +1682,8 @@ void ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); * Like ieee80211_rx() but can be called in IRQ context * (internally defers to a tasklet.) * - * Calls to this function and ieee80211_rx() may not be mixed for a - * single hardware. + * Calls to this function, ieee80211_rx() or ieee80211_rx_ni() may not + * be mixed for a single hardware. * * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call @@ -1691,6 +1691,26 @@ void ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); void ieee80211_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); /** + * ieee80211_rx_ni - receive frame (in process context) + * + * Like ieee80211_rx() but can be called in process context + * (internally disables bottom halves). + * + * Calls to this function, ieee80211_rx() and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() may + * not be mixed for a single hardware. + * + * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on + * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call + */ +static inline void ieee80211_rx_ni(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + local_bh_disable(); + ieee80211_rx(hw, skb); + local_bh_enable(); +} + +/** * ieee80211_tx_status - transmit status callback * * Call this function for all transmitted frames after they have been |