[PATCH v7 1/3] ath11k: switch to using ieee80211_tx_status_ext()

[Karthikeyan periyasamy]

> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_tx.c
> @@ -417,9 +417,12 @@ static void ath11k_dp_tx_complete_msdu(struct 
> ath11k *ar,
>  				       struct sk_buff *msdu,
>  				       struct hal_tx_status *ts)
>  {
> +	struct ieee80211_tx_status status = { 0 };
>  	struct ath11k_base *ab = ar->ab;
>  	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info;
>  	struct ath11k_skb_cb *skb_cb;
> +	struct ath11k_peer *peer;
> +	struct ath11k_sta *arsta;
> 
>  	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ts->buf_rel_source != HAL_WBM_REL_SRC_MODULE_TQM)) {
>  		/* Must not happen */
> @@ -483,13 +486,22 @@ static void ath11k_dp_tx_complete_msdu(struct 
> ath11k *ar,
>  		ath11k_dp_tx_cache_peer_stats(ar, msdu, ts);
>  	}
> 
> -	/* NOTE: Tx rate status reporting. Tx completion status does not have
> -	 * necessary information (for example nss) to build the tx rate.
> -	 * Might end up reporting it out-of-band from HTT stats.
> -	 */
> -
> -	ieee80211_tx_status(ar->hw, msdu);
> -
> +	spin_lock_bh(&ab->base_lock);
> +	peer = ath11k_peer_find_by_id(ab, ts->peer_id);
> +	if (peer) {
> +		arsta = (struct ath11k_sta *)peer->sta->drv_priv;
> +		status.sta = peer->sta;
> +		status.skb = msdu;
> +		status.info = info;
> +		status.rate = &arsta->last_txrate;
> +	}
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +	if (peer)
> +		ieee80211_tx_status_ext(ar->hw, &status);
> +	else
> +		dev_kfree_skb_any(msdu);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&ab->base_lock);

Why ieee80211_tx_status_ext() kept under spin_lock?

Thanks,
Karthikeyan P