From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouil...@silabs.com>

When a new tx_policy has to be uploaded, it is necessary to avoid any
race between the frame and the policy. So, the driver stops the tx queue
during tx_policy upload. However, it is not necessary to stop mac80211
queuing.

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouil...@silabs.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c
index 42183c70d4df..7a7c2518f6cf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/data_tx.c
@@ -244,9 +244,7 @@ void wfx_tx_policy_upload_work(struct work_struct *work)
                container_of(work, struct wfx_vif, tx_policy_upload_work);
 
        wfx_tx_policy_upload(wvif);
-
        wfx_tx_unlock(wvif->wdev);
-       wfx_tx_queues_unlock(wvif->wdev);
 }
 
 void wfx_tx_policy_init(struct wfx_vif *wvif)
@@ -379,15 +377,9 @@ static u8 wfx_tx_get_rate_id(struct wfx_vif *wvif,
                dev_warn(wvif->wdev->dev, "unable to get a valid Tx policy");
 
        if (tx_policy_renew) {
-               /* FIXME: It's not so optimal to stop TX queues every now and
-                * then.  Better to reimplement task scheduling with a counter.
-                */
                wfx_tx_lock(wvif->wdev);
-               wfx_tx_queues_lock(wvif->wdev);
-               if (!schedule_work(&wvif->tx_policy_upload_work)) {
-                       wfx_tx_queues_unlock(wvif->wdev);
+               if (!schedule_work(&wvif->tx_policy_upload_work))
                        wfx_tx_unlock(wvif->wdev);
-               }
        }
        return rate_id;
 }
-- 
2.25.1

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