ath10k: reduce htt tx/rx spinlock overhead

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It is inefficient to grab irqsave spinlocks for
skb lists for each queue/dequeue action.

Using rx_ring.lock and tx_lock allows to use less
heavy bh spinlock functions and moving locking
upwards allows to toggle spinlocks less often.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>

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Michal Kazior 2014-02-27 18:50:05 +02:00 • committed by Kalle Valo

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commit 45967089d2

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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c

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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c

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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c

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