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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2010-09-02 18:48:16 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-09-03 02:19:51 -0400
commitef5dc121d5a0bb1fa477c5395277259f07d318a3 (patch)
tree5af1d24406aa014eed72f07097316ba6f7d0d04f /kernel
parent950eaaca681c44aab87a46225c9e44f902c080aa (diff)
mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook
Fix kernel-doc notation in linux/mutex.h and kernel/mutex.c, then add these 2 files to the kernel-locking docbook as the Mutex API reference chapter. Add one API function to mutex-design.txt and correct a typo in that file. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> LKML-Reference: <20100902154816.6cc2f9ad.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/mutex.c23
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c
index 4c0b7b3e6d2e..200407c1502f 100644
--- a/kernel/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@
36# include <asm/mutex.h> 36# include <asm/mutex.h>
37#endif 37#endif
38 38
39/***
40 * mutex_init - initialize the mutex
41 * @lock: the mutex to be initialized
42 * @key: the lock_class_key for the class; used by mutex lock debugging
43 *
44 * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state.
45 *
46 * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex.
47 */
48void 39void
49__mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key) 40__mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key)
50{ 41{
@@ -68,7 +59,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mutex_init);
68static __used noinline void __sched 59static __used noinline void __sched
69__mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); 60__mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
70 61
71/*** 62/**
72 * mutex_lock - acquire the mutex 63 * mutex_lock - acquire the mutex
73 * @lock: the mutex to be acquired 64 * @lock: the mutex to be acquired
74 * 65 *
@@ -105,7 +96,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_lock);
105 96
106static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); 97static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
107 98
108/*** 99/**
109 * mutex_unlock - release the mutex 100 * mutex_unlock - release the mutex
110 * @lock: the mutex to be released 101 * @lock: the mutex to be released
111 * 102 *
@@ -364,8 +355,8 @@ __mutex_lock_killable_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
364static noinline int __sched 355static noinline int __sched
365__mutex_lock_interruptible_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); 356__mutex_lock_interruptible_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
366 357
367/*** 358/**
368 * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptable 359 * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptible
369 * @lock: the mutex to be acquired 360 * @lock: the mutex to be acquired
370 * 361 *
371 * Lock the mutex like mutex_lock(), and return 0 if the mutex has 362 * Lock the mutex like mutex_lock(), and return 0 if the mutex has
@@ -456,15 +447,15 @@ static inline int __mutex_trylock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count)
456 return prev == 1; 447 return prev == 1;
457} 448}
458 449
459/*** 450/**
460 * mutex_trylock - try acquire the mutex, without waiting 451 * mutex_trylock - try to acquire the mutex, without waiting
461 * @lock: the mutex to be acquired 452 * @lock: the mutex to be acquired
462 * 453 *
463 * Try to acquire the mutex atomically. Returns 1 if the mutex 454 * Try to acquire the mutex atomically. Returns 1 if the mutex
464 * has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention. 455 * has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention.
465 * 456 *
466 * NOTE: this function follows the spin_trylock() convention, so 457 * NOTE: this function follows the spin_trylock() convention, so
467 * it is negated to the down_trylock() return values! Be careful 458 * it is negated from the down_trylock() return values! Be careful
468 * about this when converting semaphore users to mutexes. 459 * about this when converting semaphore users to mutexes.
469 * 460 *
470 * This function must not be used in interrupt context. The 461 * This function must not be used in interrupt context. The