From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:18:19 +0000 (-0300) Subject: rfkill: document the rfkill struct locking (v2) X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f1b23361a0f15497d4c6795a2935b2e98064ddfb;p=GitHub%2Fmt8127%2Fandroid_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git rfkill: document the rfkill struct locking (v2) Reorder fields in struct rfkill and add comments to make it clear which fields are protected by rfkill->mutex. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/include/linux/rfkill.h b/include/linux/rfkill.h index c5f6e54ec6ae..741d1a62cc3f 100644 --- a/include/linux/rfkill.h +++ b/include/linux/rfkill.h @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ enum rfkill_state { * @user_claim_unsupported: Whether the hardware supports exclusive * RF-kill control by userspace. Set this before registering. * @user_claim: Set when the switch is controlled exlusively by userspace. - * @mutex: Guards switch state transitions + * @mutex: Guards switch state transitions. It serializes callbacks + * and also protects the state. * @data: Pointer to the RF button drivers private data which will be * passed along when toggling radio state. * @toggle_radio(): Mandatory handler to control state of the radio. @@ -89,12 +90,13 @@ struct rfkill { const char *name; enum rfkill_type type; - enum rfkill_state state; bool user_claim_unsupported; bool user_claim; + /* the mutex serializes callbacks and also protects + * the state */ struct mutex mutex; - + enum rfkill_state state; void *data; int (*toggle_radio)(void *data, enum rfkill_state state); int (*get_state)(void *data, enum rfkill_state *state);