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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:17:46 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:17:46 +0000
commit7f3a4257159dea8e7ef66d1a539dc6df708b8ed3 (patch)
treebcc69b5f4609f348fac49e2f59e210b29eaea783 /drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h
parentAdding upstream version 6.9.12. (diff)
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Adding upstream version 6.10.3.upstream/6.10.3
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h
index 5937d6d456..fde8610a9c 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;