Implement much easier and more lightweight locking for
the periodic work.
This also removes the last big busywait loop and replaces it
by a sleeping loop.
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>