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cfg80211: rename cfg80211_drv_mutex to cfg80211_mutex

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cfg80211_drv_mutex is protecting more than the driver list,
this renames it and documents what its currently supposed to
protect.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-02-21 00:04:21 -05:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 85fd129a72
commit a1794390f1
4 changed files with 42 additions and 37 deletions
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net/wireless/core.h
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@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ bool wiphy_idx_valid(int wiphy_idx)
return (wiphy_idx >= 0);
}
extern struct mutex cfg80211_drv_mutex;
extern struct mutex cfg80211_mutex;
extern struct list_head cfg80211_drv_list;
struct cfg80211_internal_bss {
@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ struct cfg80211_internal_bss {
* the driver's mutex!
*
* This means that you need to call cfg80211_put_dev()
* before being allowed to acquire &cfg80211_drv_mutex!
* before being allowed to acquire &cfg80211_mutex!
*
* This is necessary because we need to lock the global
* mutex to get an item off the list safely, and then
* we lock the drv mutex so it doesn't go away under us.
*
* We don't want to keep cfg80211_drv_mutex locked
* We don't want to keep cfg80211_mutex locked
* for all the time in order to allow requests on
* other interfaces to go through at the same time.
*