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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/sta_info.h14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 786bbd3103b1..16864a6045b4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -102,8 +102,18 @@ struct tid_ampdu_tx {
* @buf_size: buffer size for incoming A-MPDUs
* @timeout: reset timer value (in TUs).
* @dialog_token: dialog token for aggregation session
+ * @rcu_head: RCU head used for freeing this struct
+ *
+ * This structure is protected by RCU and the per-station
+ * spinlock. Assignments to the array holding it must hold
+ * the spinlock, only the RX path can access it under RCU
+ * lock-free. The RX path, since it is single-threaded,
+ * can even modify the structure without locking since the
+ * only other modifications to it are done when the struct
+ * can not yet or no longer be found by the RX path.
*/
struct tid_ampdu_rx {
+ struct rcu_head rcu_head;
struct sk_buff **reorder_buf;
unsigned long *reorder_time;
struct timer_list session_timer;
@@ -118,8 +128,7 @@ struct tid_ampdu_rx {
/**
* struct sta_ampdu_mlme - STA aggregation information.
*
- * @tid_active_rx: TID's state in Rx session state machine.
- * @tid_rx: aggregation info for Rx per TID
+ * @tid_rx: aggregation info for Rx per TID -- RCU protected
* @tid_state_tx: TID's state in Tx session state machine.
* @tid_tx: aggregation info for Tx per TID
* @addba_req_num: number of times addBA request has been sent.
@@ -127,7 +136,6 @@ struct tid_ampdu_rx {
*/
struct sta_ampdu_mlme {
/* rx */
- bool tid_active_rx[STA_TID_NUM];
struct tid_ampdu_rx *tid_rx[STA_TID_NUM];
/* tx */
u8 tid_state_tx[STA_TID_NUM];