+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/*
+ * Locking...
+ * ----------
+ *
+ * Thanks to Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> for fixing
+ * the locking issue in here and implementing this code !
+ *
+ * The issue : wireless_send_event() is often called in interrupt context,
+ * while the Netlink layer can never be called in interrupt context.
+ * The fully formed RtNetlink events are queued, and then a tasklet is run
+ * to feed those to Netlink.
+ * The skb_queue is interrupt safe, and its lock is not held while calling
+ * Netlink, so there is no possibility of dealock.
+ * Jean II
+ */
+
+static struct sk_buff_head wireless_nlevent_queue;
+
+static int __init wireless_nlevent_init(void)
+{
+ skb_queue_head_init(&wireless_nlevent_queue);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(wireless_nlevent_init);
+
+static void wireless_nlevent_process(unsigned long data)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&wireless_nlevent_queue)))
+ rtnl_notify(skb, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+
+static DECLARE_TASKLET(wireless_nlevent_tasklet, wireless_nlevent_process, 0);
+