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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h7
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/sdio.c5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h
index 5937d6d456..fde8610a9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ struct wilc {
/* protect vif list */
struct mutex vif_mutex;
+ /* Sleepable RCU struct to manipulate vif list. Sleepable version is
+ * needed over the classic RCU version because the driver's current
+ * design involves some sleeping code while manipulating a vif
+ * retrieved from vif list (so in a SRCU critical section), like:
+ * - sending commands to the chip, using info from retrieved vif
+ * - registering a new monitoring net device
+ */
struct srcu_struct srcu;
u8 open_ifcs;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/sdio.c
index d6d3946930..52a770c5e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/sdio.c
@@ -981,8 +981,7 @@ static struct sdio_driver wilc_sdio_driver = {
.of_match_table = wilc_of_match,
}
};
-module_driver(wilc_sdio_driver,
- sdio_register_driver,
- sdio_unregister_driver);
+module_sdio_driver(wilc_sdio_driver);
+
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel WILC1000 SDIO wireless driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");