From: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:14:35 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: remove rtnl locking in ieee80211_sta.c
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.23-rc1~265^2~16^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cfb7267aaba2b59374d7bc765f038698711b09d8;p=pandora-kernel.git

[PATCH] mac80211: remove rtnl locking in ieee80211_sta.c

The rtnl is held in ieee80211_sta.c to prevent some potential
configuration races with userspace. Unfortunately, it also has the
potential for deadlocks on interface down. This patch removes the
rtnl locking to eliminate the deadlocks.

Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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