Currently a lot of actions that can be done without the queue's tx lock
being held are done inside the locked area.
Move them out to have a leaner and meaner code that operates while the
tx lock is being held.

Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>