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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c19
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 48a4b9961ae6..18aff225bf82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -481,9 +481,9 @@ static void wl1271_fw_status(struct wl1271 *wl,
total += cnt;
}
- /* if more blocks are available now, schedule some tx work */
- if (total && !skb_queue_empty(&wl->tx_queue))
- ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
+ /* if more blocks are available now, tx work can be scheduled */
+ if (total)
+ clear_bit(WL1271_FLAG_FW_TX_BUSY, &wl->flags);
/* update the host-chipset time offset */
getnstimeofday(&ts);
@@ -537,6 +537,16 @@ static void wl1271_irq_work(struct work_struct *work)
(wl->tx_results_count & 0xff))
wl1271_tx_complete(wl);
+ /* Check if any tx blocks were freed */
+ if (!test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_FW_TX_BUSY, &wl->flags) &&
+ !skb_queue_empty(&wl->tx_queue)) {
+ /*
+ * In order to avoid starvation of the TX path,
+ * call the work function directly.
+ */
+ wl1271_tx_work_locked(wl);
+ }
+
wl1271_rx(wl, wl->fw_status);
}
@@ -867,7 +877,8 @@ static int wl1271_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
* before that, the tx_work will not be initialized!
*/
- ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
+ if (!test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_FW_TX_BUSY, &wl->flags))
+ ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
/*
* The workqueue is slow to process the tx_queue and we need stop