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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-15 21:28:30 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-15 21:28:30 -0400 |
commit | 0586bed3e8563c2eb89bc7256e30ce633ae06cfb (patch) | |
tree | 7a59610f45f7222f25b3212c53fa28636bb4427c /Documentation | |
parent | b80cd62b7d4406bbe8c573fe4381dcc71a2850fd (diff) | |
parent | dbebbfbb1605f0179e7c0d900d941cc9c45de569 (diff) |
Merge branch 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
rtmutex: tester: Remove the remaining BKL leftovers
lockdep/timers: Explain in detail the locking problems del_timer_sync() may cause
rtmutex: Simplify PI algorithm and make highest prio task get lock
rwsem: Remove redundant asmregparm annotation
rwsem: Move duplicate function prototypes to linux/rwsem.h
rwsem: Unify the duplicate rwsem_is_locked() inlines
rwsem: Move duplicate init macros and functions to linux/rwsem.h
rwsem: Move duplicate struct rwsem declaration to linux/rwsem.h
x86: Cleanup rwsem_count_t typedef
rwsem: Cleanup includes
locking: Remove deprecated lock initializers
cred: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
kthread: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
xtensa: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
um: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
sparc: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
mips: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
cris: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
alpha: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization
rtmutex-tester: Remove BKL tests
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/spinlocks.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt index 178c831b907d..2e3c64b1a6a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt +++ b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt | |||
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ to change the variables it has to get an exclusive write lock. | |||
86 | 86 | ||
87 | The routines look the same as above: | 87 | The routines look the same as above: |
88 | 88 | ||
89 | rwlock_t xxx_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; | 89 | rwlock_t xxx_lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(xxx_lock); |
90 | 90 | ||
91 | unsigned long flags; | 91 | unsigned long flags; |
92 | 92 | ||
@@ -196,25 +196,3 @@ appropriate: | |||
196 | 196 | ||
197 | For static initialization, use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() / DEFINE_RWLOCK() or | 197 | For static initialization, use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() / DEFINE_RWLOCK() or |
198 | __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED() / __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED() as appropriate. | 198 | __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED() / __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED() as appropriate. |
199 | |||
200 | SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED and RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED are deprecated. These interfere | ||
201 | with lockdep state tracking. | ||
202 | |||
203 | Most of the time, you can simply turn: | ||
204 | static spinlock_t xxx_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; | ||
205 | into: | ||
206 | static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xxx_lock); | ||
207 | |||
208 | Static structure member variables go from: | ||
209 | |||
210 | struct foo bar { | ||
211 | .lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; | ||
212 | }; | ||
213 | |||
214 | to: | ||
215 | |||
216 | struct foo bar { | ||
217 | .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(bar.lock); | ||
218 | }; | ||
219 | |||
220 | Declaration of static rw_locks undergo a similar transformation. | ||