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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/hpilo.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/hpilo.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h index 38576050776a..247eb386a973 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h +++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h @@ -44,9 +44,20 @@ struct ilo_hwinfo { struct pci_dev *ilo_dev; + /* + * open_lock serializes ccb_cnt during open and close + * [ irq disabled ] + * -> alloc_lock used when adding/removing/searching ccb_alloc, + * which represents all ccbs open on the device + * --> fifo_lock controls access to fifo queues shared with hw + * + * Locks must be taken in this order, but open_lock and alloc_lock + * are optional, they do not need to be held in order to take a + * lower level lock. + */ + spinlock_t open_lock; spinlock_t alloc_lock; spinlock_t fifo_lock; - spinlock_t open_lock; struct cdev cdev; }; |