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rtlwifi: Use mutex to replace spin_lock to protect IPS and LPS

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Enter/leavel IPS and LPS are large critical section, and they can't use
sleep function because running in atomic-context, which own a spin_lock.
In commit ba9f93f82a ("rtlwifi: Fix enter/exit power_save"), it moves
LPS functions to thread-context, so this commit can simply change LPS's
spin lock to mutex.
Considering IPS functions, rtl_ips_nic_on() may be called by TX tasklet
(softirq-context) that check whether packet is auth frame. Fortunately,
current mac80211 will ask driver to leave IPS using op_config with
changed flag IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE, before issuing auth frame, so
IPS functions can run in thread-context and use mutex to protect critical
section, too.
Also, this commit removes some useless spin locks.

Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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Ping-Ke Shih 2018-01-17 14:15:21 +08:00 • committed by Kalle Valo
commit a3fa3669d1
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