From e5537bfc98f01561fbdfbd8a78f0dc3e2360491d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baluta Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:25:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] af_unix: update locking comment We latch our state using a spinlock not a r/w kind of lock. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/unix/af_unix.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) 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: /* Latch our state. - It is tricky place. We need to grab write lock and cannot + It is tricky place. We need to grab our state lock and cannot drop lock on peer. It is dangerous because deadlock is possible. Connect to self case and simultaneous attempt to connect are eliminated by checking socket -- 2.20.1