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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme.h index c94fa7d8d5a9..1b343b434f4d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme.h +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_mlme.h @@ -102,13 +102,17 @@ there are several "locks" in mlme_priv, since mlme_priv is a shared resource between many threads, like ISR/Call-Back functions, the OID handlers, and even timer functions. - Each struct __queue has its own locks, already. -Other items are protected by mlme_priv.lock. +Other items in mlme_priv are protected by mlme_priv.lock, while items in +xmit_priv are protected by xmit_priv.lock. To avoid possible dead lock, any thread trying to modifiying mlme_priv SHALL not lock up more than one locks at a time! +The only exception is that queue functions which take the __queue.lock +may be called with the xmit_priv.lock held. In this case the order +MUST always be first lock xmit_priv.lock and then call any queue functions +which take __queue.lock. */ |