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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2010-11-24 13:30:28 -0500
committerChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>2010-11-24 13:30:28 -0500
commitb03a6c4c7d8ebd8118d668eafdb85f5f76b5437f (patch)
treef6ca7059e9c1bc1aac9a6741316f8e07ba349f7f /drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
parent24f3f6b5eff92608a62449e33bfac0eed1447d02 (diff)
parent3561d43fd289f590fdae672e5eb831b8d5cf0bf6 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-linus
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1/*
2 * drivers/char/tty_lock.c
3 */
4#include <linux/tty.h>
5#include <linux/module.h>
6#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
7#include <linux/semaphore.h>
8#include <linux/sched.h>
9
10/*
11 * The 'big tty mutex'
12 *
13 * This mutex is taken and released by tty_lock() and tty_unlock(),
14 * replacing the older big kernel lock.
15 * It can no longer be taken recursively, and does not get
16 * released implicitly while sleeping.
17 *
18 * Don't use in new code.
19 */
20static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_tty_mutex);
21struct task_struct *__big_tty_mutex_owner;
22EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__big_tty_mutex_owner);
23
24/*
25 * Getting the big tty mutex.
26 */
27void __lockfunc tty_lock(void)
28{
29 struct task_struct *task = current;
30
31 WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner == task);
32
33 mutex_lock(&big_tty_mutex);
34 __big_tty_mutex_owner = task;
35}
36EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
37
38void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void)
39{
40 struct task_struct *task = current;
41
42 WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner != task);
43 __big_tty_mutex_owner = NULL;
44
45 mutex_unlock(&big_tty_mutex);
46}
47EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unlock);