Re: tcp_write_space

Alexey Kuznetsov (kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru)
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 02:53:10 +0400 (MSD)


Hello!

> Why isn't the sk->callback_lock aquired in the tcp_write_space
> callback ??
>
> Is this intentional ?

Yes, this lock is not required in this case because tcp_write_space()
is called only from under socket lock, which is stronger than callback_lock.
This is true _only_ for TCP sockets.

Alexey
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