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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-11-20 16:44:00 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-11-20 16:44:00 -0800
commit6ab33d51713d6d60c7677c0d020910a8cb37e513 (patch)
tree546c2ff099b2757e75cf34ddace874f1220f740e /fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
parent7be6065b39c3f1cfa796667eac1a2170465acc91 (diff)
parent13d428afc007fcfcd6deeb215618f54cf9c0cae6 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c include/net/mac80211.h net/phonet/af_phonet.c
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/cifs/cifsglob.h')
-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/cifsglob.h10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index f1ae1f57c30..c57c0565547 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -606,7 +606,15 @@ GLOBAL_EXTERN struct list_head cifs_tcp_ses_list;
* changes to the tcon->tidStatus should be done while holding this lock.
*/
GLOBAL_EXTERN rwlock_t cifs_tcp_ses_lock;
-GLOBAL_EXTERN rwlock_t GlobalSMBSeslock; /* protects list inserts on 3 above */
+
+/*
+ * This lock protects the cifs_file->llist and cifs_file->flist
+ * list operations, and updates to some flags (cifs_file->invalidHandle)
+ * It will be moved to either use the tcon->stat_lock or equivalent later.
+ * If cifs_tcp_ses_lock and the lock below are both needed to be held, then
+ * the cifs_tcp_ses_lock must be grabbed first and released last.
+ */
+GLOBAL_EXTERN rwlock_t GlobalSMBSeslock;
GLOBAL_EXTERN struct list_head GlobalOplock_Q;