netdev - [PATCH] af_unix: update locking comment

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Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:11:46 +0200
From:	dbaluta@...acom.com
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>,
	Daniel Baluta <dbaluta@...acom.com>
Subject: [PATCH] af_unix: update locking comment

From: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>

We latch our state using a spinlock not a r/w kind of lock.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <dbaluta@...acom.com>
---
 net/unix/af_unix.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index de87018..ef70615 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ restart:
 
 	/* Latch our state.
 
-	   It is tricky place. We need to grab write lock and cannot
+	   It is tricky place. We need to grab our state lock and cannot
 	   drop lock on peer. It is dangerous because deadlock is
 	   possible. Connect to self case and simultaneous
 	   attempt to connect are eliminated by checking socket
-- 
1.7.1

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