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2021-02-06batman-adv: Drop publication years from copyright infoSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code was using the year of publication (to net-next) as "last" year for the copyright statement. The whole source code mentioned in the MAINTAINERS "BATMAN ADVANCED" section was handled as a single entity regarding the publishing year. This avoided having outdated (in sense of year information - not copyright holder) publishing information inside several files. But since the simple "update copyright year" commit (without other changes) in the file was not well received in the upstream kernel, the option to not have a copyright year (for initial and last publication) in the files are chosen instead. More detailed information about the years can still be retrieved from the SCM system. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Acked-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2020-12-04batman-adv: Drop deprecated debugfs supportSven Eckelmann
The debugfs support in batman-adv was marked as deprecated by the commit 00caf6a2b318 ("batman-adv: Mark debugfs functionality as deprecated") and scheduled for removal in 2021. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2020-08-18batman-adv: Migrate to linux/prandom.hSven Eckelmann
The commit c0842fbc1b18 ("random32: move the pseudo-random 32-bit definitions to prandom.h") introduced a new header for the pseudo random functions from (previously) linux/random.h. One future goal of the prandom.h change is to make code to switch just the new header file and to avoid the implicit include. This would allow the removal of the implicit include from random.h Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
2020-08-18batman-adv: Drop repeated words in commentsSven Eckelmann
checkpatch found various instances of "Possible repeated word" in various comments. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2020-06-26batman-adv: Fix typos and grammar in documentationSven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2020-04-21batman-adv: fix batadv_nc_random_weight_tqGeorge Spelvin
and change to pseudorandom numbers, as this is a traffic dithering operation that doesn't need crypto-grade. The previous code operated in 4 steps: 1. Generate a random byte 0 <= rand_tq <= 255 2. Multiply it by BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE - tq 3. Divide by 255 (= BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE) 4. Return BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE - rand_tq This would apperar to scale (BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE - tq) by a random value between 0/255 and 255/255. But! The intermediate value between steps 3 and 4 is stored in a u8 variable. So it's truncated, and most of the time, is less than 255, after which the division produces 0. Specifically, if tq is odd, the product is always even, and can never be 255. If tq is even, there's exactly one random byte value that will produce a product byte of 255. Thus, the return value is 255 (511/512 of the time) or 254 (1/512 of the time). If we assume that the truncation is a bug, and the code is meant to scale the input, a simpler way of looking at it is that it's returning a random value between tq and BATADV_TQ_MAX_VALUE, inclusive. Well, we have an optimized function for doing just that. Fixes: 3c12de9a5c75 ("batman-adv: network coding - code and transmit packets if possible") Signed-off-by: George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2020-01-01batman-adv: Update copyright years for 2020Sven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2019-06-27batman-adv: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functionsGreg Kroah-Hartman
When calling debugfs functions, there is no need to ever check the return value. The function can work or not, but the code logic should never do something different based on this. Because we don't care if debugfs works or not, this trickles back a bit so we can clean things up by making some functions return void instead of an error value that is never going to fail. Cc: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Cc: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> Cc: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> [sven@narfation.org: drop unused variables] Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2019-03-25batman-adv: Drop license boilerplateSven Eckelmann
All files got a SPDX-License-Identifier with commit 7db7d9f369a4 ("batman-adv: Add SPDX license identifier above copyright header"). All the required information about the license conditions can be found in LICENSES/. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2019-01-04batman-adv: Update copyright years for 2019Sven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2018-09-06batman-adv: Prevent duplicated nc_node entrySven Eckelmann
The function batadv_nc_get_nc_node is responsible for adding new nc_nodes to the in_coding_list and out_coding_list. It first checks whether the entry already is in the list or not. If it is, then the creation of a new entry is aborted. But the lock for the list is only held when the list is really modified. This could lead to duplicated entries because another context could create an entry with the same key between the check and the list manipulation. The check and the manipulation of the list must therefore be in the same locked code section. Fixes: d56b1705e28c ("batman-adv: network coding - detect coding nodes and remove these after timeout") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Acked-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2018-02-26batman-adv: Update copyright years for 2018Sven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2017-12-21batman-adv: Convert packet.h to uapi headerSven Eckelmann
The header file is used by different userspace programs to inject packets or to decode sniffed packets. It should therefore be available to them as userspace header. Also other components in the kernel (like the flow dissector) require access to the packet definitions to be able to decode ETH_P_BATMAN ethernet packets. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@openmesh.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-12-15batman-adv: Use parentheses in function kernel-docSven Eckelmann
The documentation describing kernel-doc comments for functions ("How to format kernel-doc comments") uses parentheses at the end of the function name. Using this format allows to use a consistent style when adding documentation to a function and when referencing this function in a different kernel-doc section. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2017-12-15batman-adv: Include net.h for net_ratelimited_functionSven Eckelmann
The linux/net.h provides the net_ratelimited_function. It should therefore be included directly before it is used. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2017-12-15batman-adv: include gfp.h for GFP_* definesSven Eckelmann
The linux/gfp.h provides the GFP_ATOMIC and GFP_KERNEL define. It should therefore be included instead of linux/fs.h. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2017-12-15batman-adv: Add SPDX license identifier above copyright headerSven Eckelmann
The "Linux kernel licensing rules" require that each file has a SPDX license identifier as first line (and sometimes as second line). The FSFE REUSE practices [1] would also require the same tags but have no restrictions on the placement in the source file. Using the "Linux kernel licensing rules" is therefore also fulfilling the FSFE REUSE practices requirements at the same time. [1] https://reuse.software/practices/ Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2017-05-23batman-adv: Combine two seq_puts() calls into one call in ↵Markus Elfring
batadv_nc_nodes_seq_print_text() A bit of text was put into a sequence by two separate function calls. Print the same data by a single function call instead. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2017-01-26batman-adv: update copyright years for 2017Sven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-11-08batman-adv: Consume skb in receive handlersSven Eckelmann
Receiving functions in Linux consume the supplied skbuff. Doing the same in the batadv_rx_handler functions makes the behavior more similar to the rest of the Linux network code. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-10-30batman-adv: use consume_skb for non-dropped packetsSven Eckelmann
kfree_skb assumes that an skb is dropped after an failure and notes that. consume_skb should be used in non-failure situations. Such information is important for dropmonitor netlink which tells how many packets were dropped and where this drop happened. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-10-19batman-adv: Use octal permissions instead of macrosSven Eckelmann
Linus prefers to have octal permission numbers instead of combinations of macro names ("random line noise"). Also old existing "bad symbolic permission bit macro use" should be converted to octal numbers. (http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFw5v23T-zvDZp-MmD_EYxF8WbafwwB59934FV7g21uMGQ@mail.gmail.com) Also remove the S_IFREG bit from the octal representation because it is filtered out by debugfs_create. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-08-09batman-adv: Allow to disable debugfs supportSven Eckelmann
The files provided by batman-adv via debugfs are currently converted to netlink. Tools which are not yet converted to use the netlink interface may still rely on the old debugfs files. But systems which already upgraded their tools can save some space by disabling this feature. The default configuration of batman-adv on amd64 can reduce the size of the module by around 11% when this feature is disabled. $ size net/batman-adv/batman-adv.ko* text data bss dec hex filename 150507 10395 4160 165062 284c6 net/batman-adv/batman-adv.ko.y 137106 7099 2112 146317 23b8d net/batman-adv/batman-adv.ko.n Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-08-09batman-adv: Place kref_get for nc_path near useSven Eckelmann
It is hard to understand why the refcnt is increased when it isn't done near the actual place the new reference is used. So using kref_get right before the place which requires the reference and in the same function helps to avoid accidental problems caused by incorrect reference counting. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-08-09batman-adv: Place kref_get for nc_node near useSven Eckelmann
It is hard to understand why the refcnt is increased when it isn't done near the actual place the new reference is used. So using kref_get right before the place which requires the reference and in the same function helps to avoid accidental problems caused by incorrect reference counting. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-08-09batman-adv: Place kref_get for orig_node near useSven Eckelmann
It is hard to understand why the refcnt is increased when it isn't done near the actual place the new reference is used. So using kref_get right before the place which requires the reference and in the same function helps to avoid accidental problems caused by incorrect reference counting. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-06-30batman-adv: Consolidate logging related functionsSven Eckelmann
There are several places in batman-adv which provide logging related functions. These should be grouped together in the log.* files to make them easier to find. Reported-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-06-30batman-adv: split tvlv into a separate fileMarkus Pargmann
The tvlv functionality in main.c is mostly unrelated to the rest of the content. It still takes up a large portion of this source file (~45%, 588 lines). Moving it to a separate file makes it better visible as a main component of the batman-adv implementation and hides it less in the other helper functions in main.c Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de> [sven@narfation.org: fix conflicts with current version, fix includes, rewrote commit message] Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
2016-05-10batman-adv: use batadv_compare_eth when possibleAntonio Quartulli
When comparing Ethernet address it is better to use the more generic batadv_compare_eth. The latter is also optimised for architectures having a fast unaligned access. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc> [sven@narfation.org: fix conflicts with current version] Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2016-05-10batman-adv: Use bool as return type for boolean functionsSven Eckelmann
It is easier to understand that the returned value of a specific function doesn't have to be 0 when the functions was successful when the actual return type is bool. This is especially true when all surrounding functions with return type int use negative values to return the error code. Reported-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-05-10batman-adv: Use kref_get for batadv_nc_get_nc_nodeSven Eckelmann
batadv_nc_get_nc_node requires that the caller already has a valid reference for orig_neigh_node. It is therefore not possible that it has an reference counter of 0 and was still given to this function The kref_get function instead WARNs (with debug information) when the reference counter would still be 0. This makes a bug in batman-adv better visible because kref_get_unless_zero would have ignored this problem. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-05-04batman-adv: Fix function names on new line starting with '*'Sven Eckelmann
Some really long function names in batman-adv require a newline between return type and the function name. This has lead to some lines starting with *batadv_... This * belongs to the return type and thus should be on the same line as the return type. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-05-04batman-adv: use to_delayed_workGeliang Tang
Use to_delayed_work() instead of open-coding it. Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@163.com> Reviewed-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-29batman-adv: keep track of when unicast packets are sentAntonio Quartulli
To enable ELP to send probing packets over wireless links only if needed, batman-adv must keep track of the last time it sent a unicast packet towards every neighbour. For this purpose a 2 main changes are introduced: 1) a new member of the elp_neigh_node structure stores the last time a unicast packet was sent towards this neighbour; 2) a wrapper function for sending unicast packets is implemented. This function will simply update the member describe din point 1) and then forward the packet to the real sending routine. Point 2) implies that any code-path leading to a unicast sending now has to use the new wrapper. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
2016-02-23batman-adv: Rename batadv_nc_path *_free_ref function to *_putSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code is the only place in the kernel which uses the *_free_ref naming scheme for the *_put functions. Changing it to *_put makes it more consistent and makes it easier to understand the connection to the *_get functions. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-23batman-adv: Rename batadv_nc_node *_free_ref function to *_putSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code is the only place in the kernel which uses the *_free_ref naming scheme for the *_put functions. Changing it to *_put makes it more consistent and makes it easier to understand the connection to the *_get functions. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-23batman-adv: Rename batadv_orig_ifinfo *_free_ref function to *_putSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code is the only place in the kernel which uses the *_free_ref naming scheme for the *_put functions. Changing it to *_put makes it more consistent and makes it easier to understand the connection to the *_get functions. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-23batman-adv: Rename batadv_neigh_ifinfo *_free_ref function to *_putSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code is the only place in the kernel which uses the *_free_ref naming scheme for the *_put functions. Changing it to *_put makes it more consistent and makes it easier to understand the connection to the *_get functions. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-23batman-adv: Rename batadv_neigh_node *_free_ref function to *_putSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code is the only place in the kernel which uses the *_free_ref naming scheme for the *_put functions. Changing it to *_put makes it more consistent and makes it easier to understand the connection to the *_get functions. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-23batman-adv: Rename batadv_hardif *_free_ref function to *_putSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code is the only place in the kernel which uses the *_free_ref naming scheme for the *_put functions. Changing it to *_put makes it more consistent and makes it easier to understand the connection to the *_get functions. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-23batman-adv: Rename batadv_orig_node *_free_ref function to *_putSven Eckelmann
The batman-adv source code is the only place in the kernel which uses the *_free_ref naming scheme for the *_put functions. Changing it to *_put makes it more consistent and makes it easier to understand the connection to the *_get functions. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-10batman-adv: Convert batadv_orig_node to krefSven Eckelmann
batman-adv uses a self-written reference implementation which is just based on atomic_t. This is less obvious when reading the code than kref and therefore increases the change that the reference counting will be missed. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-10batman-adv: Convert batadv_nc_path to krefSven Eckelmann
batman-adv uses a self-written reference implementation which is just based on atomic_t. This is less obvious when reading the code than kref and therefore increases the change that the reference counting will be missed. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-10batman-adv: Convert batadv_nc_node to krefSven Eckelmann
batman-adv uses a self-written reference implementation which is just based on atomic_t. This is less obvious when reading the code than kref and therefore increases the change that the reference counting will be missed. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-02batman-adv: update copyright years for 2016Sven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-02batman-adv: Fix kerneldoc of network-coding functionsSven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-02-02batman-adv: Fix kerneldoc parsing of return descriptionSven Eckelmann
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-01-16batman-adv: Avoid recursive call_rcu for batadv_nc_nodeSven Eckelmann
The batadv_nc_node_free_ref function uses call_rcu to delay the free of the batadv_nc_node object until no (already started) rcu_read_lock is enabled anymore. This makes sure that no context is still trying to access the object which should be removed. But batadv_nc_node also contains a reference to orig_node which must be removed. The reference drop of orig_node was done in the call_rcu function batadv_nc_node_free_rcu but should actually be done in the batadv_nc_node_release function to avoid nested call_rcus. This is important because rcu_barrier (e.g. batadv_softif_free or batadv_exit) will not detect the inner call_rcu as relevant for its execution. Otherwise this barrier will most likely be inserted in the queue before the callback of the first call_rcu was executed. The caller of rcu_barrier will therefore continue to run before the inner call_rcu callback finished. Fixes: d56b1705e28c ("batman-adv: network coding - detect coding nodes and remove these after timeout") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2016-01-09batman-adv: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kfree_skb"Markus Elfring
The kfree_skb() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the calls is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
2015-08-25batman-adv: Annotate deleting functions with external lock via lockdepSven Eckelmann
Functions which use (h)list_del* are requiring correct locking when they operate on global lists. Most of the time the search in the list and the delete are done in the same function. All other cases should have it visible that they require a special lock to avoid race conditions. Lockdep asserts can be used to check these problem during runtime when the lockdep functionality is enabled. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>