summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/net/rose/af_rose.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2006-07-12 13:25:56 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-07-12 13:58:59 -0700
commitb1d21ca83c9139e7889a754934bcdd7071157560 (patch)
tree2826709a6cb6c5ebca8ab26f1d751638524b24af /net/rose/af_rose.c
parentc19c4b9c9acb4ab6f5477ae9ca2c0a8619f19c7a (diff)
[ROSE] lockdep: fix false positive
ROSE network devices are virtual network devices encapsulating ROSE frames into AX.25 which will be sent through an AX.25 device, so form a special "super class" of normal net devices; split their locks off into a separate class since they always nest. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/rose/af_rose.c')
-rw-r--r--net/rose/af_rose.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index c115295ab431..08a542855654 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ static struct proto_ops rose_proto_ops;
ax25_address rose_callsign;
/*
+ * ROSE network devices are virtual network devices encapsulating ROSE
+ * frames into AX.25 which will be sent through an AX.25 device, so form a
+ * special "super class" of normal net devices; split their locks off into a
+ * separate class since they always nest.
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key rose_netdev_xmit_lock_key;
+
+/*
* Convert a ROSE address into text.
*/
const char *rose2asc(const rose_address *addr)
@@ -1515,6 +1523,7 @@ static int __init rose_proto_init(void)
free_netdev(dev);
goto fail;
}
+ lockdep_set_class(&dev->_xmit_lock, &rose_netdev_xmit_lock_key);
dev_rose[i] = dev;
}