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Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:34:23 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] AF_UNIX: update locking comment

The lock used in unix_state_lock() is a spin_lock not reader-writer.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c	2010-02-18 09:29:38.948513483 -0800
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c	2010-02-18 09:32:18.584389536 -0800
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static inline void unix_set_secdata(stru
 /*
  *  SMP locking strategy:
  *    hash table is protected with spinlock unix_table_lock
- *    each socket state is protected by separate rwlock.
+ *    each socket state is protected by separate spin lock.
  */
 
 static inline unsigned unix_hash_fold(__wsum n)
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