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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h index 5937d6d45695..fde8610a9c84 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h @@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ struct wilc { /* protect vif list */ struct mutex vif_mutex; + /* Sleepable RCU struct to manipulate vif list. Sleepable version is + * needed over the classic RCU version because the driver's current + * design involves some sleeping code while manipulating a vif + * retrieved from vif list (so in a SRCU critical section), like: + * - sending commands to the chip, using info from retrieved vif + * - registering a new monitoring net device + */ struct srcu_struct srcu; u8 open_ifcs; |