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authorHenrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>2008-07-21 21:18:19 -0300
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-07-29 16:36:33 -0400
commitf1b23361a0f15497d4c6795a2935b2e98064ddfb (patch)
tree78c3b671562de9180e9e7d385a2f851e5fe67aa1 /include/linux/rfkill.h
parent37f55e9d78d1b63047b1b7ae175cdce650547ba8 (diff)
rfkill: document the rfkill struct locking (v2)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rfkill.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rfkill.h8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rfkill.h b/include/linux/rfkill.h
index c5f6e54ec6ae..741d1a62cc3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/rfkill.h
+++ b/include/linux/rfkill.h
@@ -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);