[TIPC]: Overhaul of socket locking logic

This patch modifies TIPC's socket code to follow the same approach
used by other protocols.  This change eliminates the need for a
mutex in the TIPC-specific portion of the socket protocol data
structure -- in its place, the standard Linux socket backlog queue
and associated locking routines are utilized.  These changes fix
a long-standing receive queue bug on SMP systems, and also enable
individual read and write threads to utilize a socket without
unnecessarily interfering with each other.

Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/tipc/tipc_port.h b/include/net/tipc/tipc_port.h
index c9b36b77a0b9..11105bcc4457 100644
--- a/include/net/tipc/tipc_port.h
+++ b/include/net/tipc/tipc_port.h
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ struct tipc_port *tipc_get_port(const u32 ref);
 
 void *tipc_get_handle(const u32 ref);
 
+/*
+ * The following routines require that the port be locked on entry
+ */
+
+int tipc_disconnect_port(struct tipc_port *tp_ptr);
+
 
 #endif