mac80211: add comment for rx_path_lock
Add a comment explaining how the RX path lock is used. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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@ -3123,6 +3123,12 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_handlers(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
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goto rxh_next; \
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} while (0);
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/* Lock here to avoid hitting all of the data used in the RX
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* path (e.g. key data, station data, ...) concurrently when
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* a frame is released from the reorder buffer due to timeout
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* from the timer, potentially concurrently with RX from the
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* driver.
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*/
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spin_lock_bh(&rx->local->rx_path_lock);
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while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(frames))) {
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