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rfkill: document the rfkill struct locking (v2)
authorHenrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:18:19 +0000 (21:18 -0300)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:36:33 +0000 (16:36 -0400)
Reorder fields in struct rfkill and add comments to make it clear
which fields are protected by rfkill->mutex.

Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
include/linux/rfkill.h

index c5f6e54ec6ae6dd42106b340823e85f84250ec04..741d1a62cc3f28e68ff4ce0f2e0ac5ef636aabb7 100644 (file)
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ enum rfkill_state {
  * @user_claim_unsupported: Whether the hardware supports exclusive
  *     RF-kill control by userspace. Set this before registering.
  * @user_claim: Set when the switch is controlled exlusively by userspace.
- * @mutex: Guards switch state transitions
+ * @mutex: Guards switch state transitions.  It serializes callbacks
+ *     and also protects the state.
  * @data: Pointer to the RF button drivers private data which will be
  *     passed along when toggling radio state.
  * @toggle_radio(): Mandatory handler to control state of the radio.
@@ -89,12 +90,13 @@ struct rfkill {
        const char *name;
        enum rfkill_type type;
 
-       enum rfkill_state state;
        bool user_claim_unsupported;
        bool user_claim;
 
+       /* the mutex serializes callbacks and also protects
+        * the state */
        struct mutex mutex;
-
+       enum rfkill_state state;
        void *data;
        int (*toggle_radio)(void *data, enum rfkill_state state);
        int (*get_state)(void *data, enum rfkill_state *state);