Re: wcn36xx: Reduce spinlock in indication handler

[Kalle Valo]

Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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

6d1f37323f5b wcn36xx: Reduce spinlock in indication handler

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