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| author | Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com> | 2014-09-11 22:49:28 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-09-13 16:29:07 -0400 |
| commit | 8c0bc550288d81e9ad8a2ed9136a72140b9ef507 (patch) | |
| tree | 40b4a29e8721c329dbc2d1b2332f4beecbef45e5 /drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h | |
| parent | e470259fa1bd7ce5a375b16c5ec97cc0e83b058d (diff) | |
bonding: adjust locking comments
Now that locks have been removed, remove some unnecessary comments and
adjust others to reflect reality. Also add a comment to "mode_lock" to
describe its current users and give a brief summary why they need it.
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h index 0cda34b827f8..3aff1a815e89 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h @@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ struct bonding { s32 slave_cnt; /* never change this value outside the attach/detach wrappers */ int (*recv_probe)(const struct sk_buff *, struct bonding *, struct slave *); + /* mode_lock is used for mode-specific locking needs, currently used by: + * 3ad mode (4) - protect against running bond_3ad_unbind_slave() and + * bond_3ad_state_machine_handler() concurrently. + * TLB mode (5) - to sync the use and modifications of its hash table + * ALB mode (6) - to sync the use and modifications of its hash table + */ spinlock_t mode_lock; u8 send_peer_notif; u8 igmp_retrans; |