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-rw-r--r--net/core/drop_monitor.c20
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
index dcb4d2aeb2a8..000ec8b66d1e 100644
--- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
+++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@
* netlink alerts
*/
static int trace_state = TRACE_OFF;
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(trace_state_mutex);
+
+/* net_dm_mutex
+ *
+ * An overall lock guarding every operation coming from userspace.
+ * It also guards the global 'hw_stats_list' list.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(net_dm_mutex);
struct per_cpu_dm_data {
spinlock_t lock;
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ static int set_all_monitor_traces(int state)
struct dm_hw_stat_delta *new_stat = NULL;
struct dm_hw_stat_delta *temp;
- mutex_lock(&trace_state_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&net_dm_mutex);
if (state == trace_state) {
rc = -EAGAIN;
@@ -289,7 +295,7 @@ static int set_all_monitor_traces(int state)
rc = -EINPROGRESS;
out_unlock:
- mutex_unlock(&trace_state_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&net_dm_mutex);
return rc;
}
@@ -330,12 +336,12 @@ static int dropmon_net_event(struct notifier_block *ev_block,
new_stat->dev = dev;
new_stat->last_rx = jiffies;
- mutex_lock(&trace_state_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&net_dm_mutex);
list_add_rcu(&new_stat->list, &hw_stats_list);
- mutex_unlock(&trace_state_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&net_dm_mutex);
break;
case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
- mutex_lock(&trace_state_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&net_dm_mutex);
list_for_each_entry_safe(new_stat, tmp, &hw_stats_list, list) {
if (new_stat->dev == dev) {
new_stat->dev = NULL;
@@ -346,7 +352,7 @@ static int dropmon_net_event(struct notifier_block *ev_block,
}
}
}
- mutex_unlock(&trace_state_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&net_dm_mutex);
break;
}
out: