Subject: Re: [net-next] tipc: clarify meaning of 'inactive' field in struct tipc_subscription

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:22:45 -0700

On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:32:18 -0400 [email-masked] wrote:
> From: Jon Maloy <[email-masked]>
> 
> struct tipc_subscription has a boolean field 'inactive' which purpose
> is not immediately obvious. When the subscription timer expires we are
> still in interrupt context, and cannot easily just delete the
> subscription. We therefore delay that action until the expiration
> event has reached the work queue context where it is being sent to the
> user. However, in the meantime other events may occur, which must be
> suppressed to avoid any unexpected behavior.
> 
> We now clarify this with renaming the field and adding a comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <[email-masked]>

# Form letter - net-next is closed

We have already sent the networking pull request for 5.18
and therefore net-next is closed for new drivers, features,
code refactoring and optimizations. We are currently accepting
bug fixes only.

Please repost when net-next reopens after 5.18-rc1 is cut.

RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.