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parent 33ccad35a21df51c0d23f3e3e88688524e7b51ed
author Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> 1183097675 -0700
committer John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 1184805348 -0400

[PATCH] mac80211: remove rtnl locking in ieee80211_sta.c

The rtnl is held in ieee80211_sta.c to prevent some potential
configuration races with userspace. Unfortunately, it also has the
potential for deadlocks on interface down. This patch removes the
rtnl locking to eliminate the deadlocks.

Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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