linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: qrtr: Expose tunneling endpoint to user space

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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:40:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     bjorn.andersson@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, clew@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: qrtr: Expose tunneling endpoint to user space

From: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:03:46 -0700

> +struct qrtr_tun {
> +	struct qrtr_endpoint ep;
> +
> +	struct mutex queue_lock;
> +	struct sk_buff_head queue;
> +	wait_queue_head_t readq;
> +};

The queue lock is surperfluous.  sk_buff_head and all of the helpers you
are using does it's own locking.  So you are essentially using two sets
of locks to protect the same object.