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yaml
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r: 279094
b: refs/heads/master
c: bfec73d
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5c216e1d28c82332db0fa53e30536577fb6130c6
+refs/heads/master: bfec73d7e45cdf570d649a547050295789e1e6fb

trunk/net/tipc/config.c

@@ -184,13 +184,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *cfg_set_own_addr(void)
 						   " (cannot change node address once assigned)");
 
 	/*
-	 * Must release all spinlocks before calling start_net() because
-	 * Linux version of TIPC calls eth_media_start() which calls
-	 * register_netdevice_notifier() which may block!
-	 *
-	 * Temporarily releasing the lock should be harmless for non-Linux TIPC,
-	 * but Linux version of eth_media_start() should really be reworked
-	 * so that it can be called with spinlocks held.
+	 * Must temporarily release configuration spinlock while switching into
+	 * networking mode as it calls tipc_eth_media_start(), which may sleep.
+	 * Releasing the lock is harmless as other locally-issued configuration
+	 * commands won't occur until this one completes, and remotely-issued
+	 * configuration commands can't be received until a local configuration
+	 * command to enable the first bearer is received and processed.
 	 */
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&config_lock);