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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/scan.c14
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 41f20fb7e670..872d7b6ef6b3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -400,19 +400,7 @@ static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
else
__set_bit(SCAN_SW_SCANNING, &local->scanning);
- /*
- * Kicking off the scan need not be protected,
- * only the scan variable stuff, since now
- * local->scan_req is assigned and other callers
- * will abort their scan attempts.
- *
- * This avoids too many locking dependencies
- * so that the scan completed calls have more
- * locking freedom.
- */
-
ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
- mutex_unlock(&local->scan_mtx);
if (local->ops->hw_scan) {
WARN_ON(!ieee80211_prep_hw_scan(local));
@@ -420,8 +408,6 @@ static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
} else
rc = ieee80211_start_sw_scan(local);
- mutex_lock(&local->scan_mtx);
-
if (rc) {
kfree(local->hw_scan_req);
local->hw_scan_req = NULL;