From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:00:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: run late dequeue late tx handlers without
 holding fq->lock

Reduces lock contention on enqueue/dequeue of iTXQ packets

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---

--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -3518,6 +3518,7 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(str
 	ieee80211_tx_result r;
 	struct ieee80211_vif *vif = txq->vif;
 
+begin:
 	spin_lock_bh(&fq->lock);
 
 	if (test_bit(IEEE80211_TXQ_STOP, &txqi->flags) ||
@@ -3534,11 +3535,12 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(str
 	if (skb)
 		goto out;
 
-begin:
 	skb = fq_tin_dequeue(fq, tin, fq_tin_dequeue_func);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
+	spin_unlock_bh(&fq->lock);
+
 	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 	info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 
@@ -3602,8 +3604,11 @@ begin:
 
 		skb = __skb_dequeue(&tx.skbs);
 
-		if (!skb_queue_empty(&tx.skbs))
+		if (!skb_queue_empty(&tx.skbs)) {
+			spin_lock_bh(&fq->lock);
 			skb_queue_splice_tail(&tx.skbs, &txqi->frags);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&fq->lock);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (skb && skb_has_frag_list(skb) &&
@@ -3642,6 +3647,7 @@ begin:
 	}
 
 	IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->control.vif = vif;
+	return skb;
 
 out:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fq->lock);