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authorDaniel Baluta <dbaluta@ixiacom.com>2011-03-14 18:25:33 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-03-14 18:25:33 -0400
commite5537bfc98f01561fbdfbd8a78f0dc3e2360491d (patch)
tree72e354ad341fbd2c1cd39cf931c89fc76ba67887 /net/unix
parent468c3f924f043cad7a04f4f4d5224a2c9bc886c1 (diff)
af_unix: update locking comment
We latch our state using a spinlock not a r/w kind of lock. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <dbaluta@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/unix')
-rw-r--r--net/unix/af_unix.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 437a99e560e1..b213ce668c98 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ restart:
1124 1124
1125 /* Latch our state. 1125 /* Latch our state.
1126 1126
1127 It is tricky place. We need to grab write lock and cannot 1127 It is tricky place. We need to grab our state lock and cannot
1128 drop lock on peer. It is dangerous because deadlock is 1128 drop lock on peer. It is dangerous because deadlock is
1129 possible. Connect to self case and simultaneous 1129 possible. Connect to self case and simultaneous
1130 attempt to connect are eliminated by checking socket 1130 attempt to connect are eliminated by checking socket