mac80211: fix spurious RCU warning and update documentation

Document rx vs tx status concurrency requirements.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 04c2d46..885898a 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -3043,7 +3043,8 @@ void ieee80211_napi_complete(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
  * This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function
  * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls to
  * this function, ieee80211_rx_ni() and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() may not be
- * mixed for a single hardware.
+ * mixed for a single hardware. Must not run concurrently with
+ * ieee80211_tx_status() or ieee80211_tx_status_ni().
  *
  * In process context use instead ieee80211_rx_ni().
  *
@@ -3059,7 +3060,8 @@ void ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
  * (internally defers to a tasklet.)
  *
  * Calls to this function, ieee80211_rx() or ieee80211_rx_ni() may not
- * be mixed for a single hardware.
+ * be mixed for a single hardware.Must not run concurrently with
+ * ieee80211_tx_status() or ieee80211_tx_status_ni().
  *
  * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on
  * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call
@@ -3073,7 +3075,8 @@ void ieee80211_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
  * (internally disables bottom halves).
  *
  * Calls to this function, ieee80211_rx() and ieee80211_rx_irqsafe() may
- * not be mixed for a single hardware.
+ * not be mixed for a single hardware. Must not run concurrently with
+ * ieee80211_tx_status() or ieee80211_tx_status_ni().
  *
  * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on
  * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call
@@ -3196,7 +3199,8 @@ void ieee80211_get_tx_rates(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
  * This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function
  * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls
  * to this function, ieee80211_tx_status_ni() and ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe()
- * may not be mixed for a single hardware.
+ * may not be mixed for a single hardware. Must not run concurrently with
+ * ieee80211_rx() or ieee80211_rx_ni().
  *
  * @hw: the hardware the frame was transmitted by
  * @skb: the frame that was transmitted, owned by mac80211 after this call