device: clarify device.state.state docs (again)
Signed-off-by: Josh Bleecher Snyder <josh@tailscale.com>
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@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ type Device struct {
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state struct {
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// state holds the device's state. It is accessed atomically.
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// Use the device.deviceState method to read it.
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// If state is not locked, state is the current state of the device.
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// If state is locked, state is the current state or intended future state of the device.
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// device.deviceState does not acquire the mutex, so it captures only a snapshot.
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// During state transitions, the state variable is updated before the device itself.
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// The state is thus either the current state of the device or
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// the intended future state of the device.
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// For example, while executing a call to Up, state will be deviceStateUp.
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// There is no guarantee that that intended future state of the device
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// will become the actual state; Up can fail.
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