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Subject: Re: wcn36xx: Reduce spinlock in indication handler
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
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To: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
CC: Eugene Krasnikov <k.eugene.e@gmail.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
        Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@linaro.org>, <wcn36xx@lists.infradead.org>,
        <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:32:23 +0100
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Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> wrote:

> The purpose of pushing indication on a list and handle these in a
> separate worker is to allow the handlers to sleep. It does therefor not
> make much sense to hold the queue spinlock through the entire indication
> worker function.
> 
> By removing items from the queue early we don't need to hold the lock
> throughout the indication worker, allowing the individual handlers to
> sleep.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

6d1f37323f5b wcn36xx: Reduce spinlock in indication handler

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10103469/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches