nick <xerofo...@gmail.com> writes:
> I am wondering why the fix me in the code below still exists as this
> code is clearly being locked properly with a spin lock on the lock
> related to the created linked list in this code.
It would be nice to mention what driver and file you are referring to.
So this is from ath6kl_tx_queue_full() in
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c.
> /* FIXME: Locking */
> spin_lock_bh(&ar->list_lock);
> list_for_each_entry(vif, &ar->vif_list, list) {
> if (vif->nw_type == ADHOC_NETWORK ||
> action != HTC_SEND_FULL_DROP) {
> spin_unlock_bh(&ar->list_lock);
>
> set_bit(NETQ_STOPPED, &vif->flags);
> netif_stop_queue(vif->ndev);
>
> return action;
> }
> }
> spin_unlock_bh(&ar->list_lock);
Most probably someone just forgot to update the comment, patches welcome :)
--
Kalle Valo
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