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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 6cc5b25edf9d..fbe1c29e3349 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -6234,11 +6234,37 @@ 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 * * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw() |