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author | Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> | 2008-04-15 00:22:02 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-04-15 00:22:02 -0700 |
commit | 0c3141e910eaaa0b617e2f26c69b266d1cd1f035 (patch) | |
tree | 53b9f635b8dc2bf82d49e2d29f6e07677fa4811e /Documentation | |
parent | b89741a0cc162511b4341c07e17e1bd4c8b4621d (diff) |
[TIPC]: Overhaul of socket locking logic
This patch modifies TIPC's socket code to follow the same approach
used by other protocols. This change eliminates the need for a
mutex in the TIPC-specific portion of the socket protocol data
structure -- in its place, the standard Linux socket backlog queue
and associated locking routines are utilized. These changes fix
a long-standing receive queue bug on SMP systems, and also enable
individual read and write threads to utilize a socket without
unnecessarily interfering with each other.
Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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