linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix possible deadlock in TX path

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Message-ID: <87k1fcnd9y.fsf@toke.dk>
Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:49:29 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Erik Stromdahl <erik.stromdahl@...il.com>,
        johannes@...solutions.net, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Erik Stromdahl <erik.stromdahl@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix possible deadlock in TX path

Erik Stromdahl <erik.stromdahl@...il.com> writes:

> This patch fixes a possible deadlock when updating the TX statistics
> (when calling into ieee80211_tx_stats()) from ieee80211_tx_dequeue().

So is this the fix for the issue with TX scheduling you reported
earlier? :)

-Toke