mac80211/rt2x00: add ieee80211_tx_status_ni()

All rt2x00 drivers except rt2800pci call ieee80211_tx_status() from
a workqueue, which causes "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08" messages.

To fix it, add ieee80211_tx_status_ni() similar to ieee80211_rx_ni()
which can be called from process context, and call it from
rt2x00lib_txdone().  For the rt2800pci special case a driver
flag is introduced.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24892

Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@sig21.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
index b26739535986..09a67905c230 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ static int rt2800pci_probe_hw(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
         __set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_DMA, &rt2x00dev->flags);
         __set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD, &rt2x00dev->flags);
         __set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
+        __set_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT, &rt2x00dev->flags);
         if (!modparam_nohwcrypt)
                 __set_bit(CONFIG_SUPPORT_HW_CRYPTO, &rt2x00dev->flags);
         __set_bit(DRIVER_SUPPORT_LINK_TUNING, &rt2x00dev->flags);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 94fe589acfaa..ab43e7ca2a23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ enum rt2x00_flags {
         DRIVER_REQUIRE_COPY_IV,
         DRIVER_REQUIRE_L2PAD,
         DRIVER_REQUIRE_TXSTATUS_FIFO,
+        DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT,
 
         /*
          * Driver features
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 5ba79b935f09..d019830ca840 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -390,9 +390,12 @@ void rt2x00lib_txdone(struct queue_entry *entry,
          * through a mac80211 library call (RTS/CTS) then we should not
          * send the status report back.
          */
-        if (!(skbdesc_flags & SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211))
-                ieee80211_tx_status(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
-        else
+        if (!(skbdesc_flags & SKBDESC_NOT_MAC80211)) {
+                if (test_bit(DRIVER_REQUIRE_TASKLET_CONTEXT, &rt2x00dev->flags))
+                        ieee80211_tx_status(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
+                else
+                        ieee80211_tx_status_ni(rt2x00dev->hw, entry->skb);
+        } else
                 dev_kfree_skb_any(entry->skb);
 
         /*