From b176331627fccc726d28f4fc4a357d1f3c19dbf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:24:48 -0400 Subject: svcrpc: svc_close_xprt comment Neil Brown had to explain to me why we do this here; record the answer for posterity. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields --- net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/sunrpc') diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c index 8c018df8069..bfbda676574 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c @@ -931,7 +931,12 @@ void svc_close_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt) if (test_and_set_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags)) /* someone else will have to effect the close */ return; - + /* + * We expect svc_close_xprt() to work even when no threads are + * running (e.g., while configuring the server before starting + * any threads), so if the transport isn't busy, we delete + * it ourself: + */ svc_delete_xprt(xprt); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_close_xprt); -- cgit v1.2.3