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authorGlenn Elliott <gelliott@cs.unc.edu>2012-03-04 19:47:13 -0500
committerGlenn Elliott <gelliott@cs.unc.edu>2012-03-04 19:47:13 -0500
commitc71c03bda1e86c9d5198c5d83f712e695c4f2a1e (patch)
treeecb166cb3e2b7e2adb3b5e292245fefd23381ac8 /drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
parentea53c912f8a86a8567697115b6a0d8152beee5c8 (diff)
parent6a00f206debf8a5c8899055726ad127dbeeed098 (diff)
Merge branch 'mpi-master' into wip-k-fmlpwip-k-fmlp
Conflicts: litmus/sched_cedf.c
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1#include <linux/tty.h>
2#include <linux/module.h>
3#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
4#include <linux/semaphore.h>
5#include <linux/sched.h>
6
7/*
8 * The 'big tty mutex'
9 *
10 * This mutex is taken and released by tty_lock() and tty_unlock(),
11 * replacing the older big kernel lock.
12 * It can no longer be taken recursively, and does not get
13 * released implicitly while sleeping.
14 *
15 * Don't use in new code.
16 */
17static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_tty_mutex);
18struct task_struct *__big_tty_mutex_owner;
19EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__big_tty_mutex_owner);
20
21/*
22 * Getting the big tty mutex.
23 */
24void __lockfunc tty_lock(void)
25{
26 struct task_struct *task = current;
27
28 WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner == task);
29
30 mutex_lock(&big_tty_mutex);
31 __big_tty_mutex_owner = task;
32}
33EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
34
35void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void)
36{
37 struct task_struct *task = current;
38
39 WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner != task);
40 __big_tty_mutex_owner = NULL;
41
42 mutex_unlock(&big_tty_mutex);
43}
44EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unlock);