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AF_UNIX: update locking comment

Message ID 20100218093423.52165efd@nehalam
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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stephen hemminger Feb. 18, 2010, 5:34 p.m. UTC 
The lock used in unix_state_lock() is a spin_lock not reader-writer.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

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David Miller Feb. 18, 2010, 10:12 p.m. UTC | #1 
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:34:23 -0800

> The lock used in unix_state_lock() is a spin_lock not reader-writer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

Applied, thanks.
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--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c	2010-02-18 09:29:38.948513483 -0800
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c	2010-02-18 09:32:18.584389536 -0800
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@  static inline void unix_set_secdata(stru
 /*
  *  SMP locking strategy:
  *    hash table is protected with spinlock unix_table_lock
- *    each socket state is protected by separate rwlock.
+ *    each socket state is protected by separate spin lock.
  */
 
 static inline unsigned unix_hash_fold(__wsum n)