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1/*
2 * lib/kernel_lock.c
3 *
4 * This is the traditional BKL - big kernel lock. Largely
5 * relegated to obsolescence, but used by various less
6 * important (or lazy) subsystems.
7 */
8#include <linux/module.h>
9#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
10#include <linux/semaphore.h>
11#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
12
13/*
14 * The 'big kernel lock'
15 *
16 * This spinlock is taken and released recursively by lock_kernel()
17 * and unlock_kernel(). It is transparently dropped and reacquired
18 * over schedule(). It is used to protect legacy code that hasn't
19 * been migrated to a proper locking design yet.
20 *
21 * Don't use in new code.
22 */
23static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(kernel_flag);
24
25
26/*
27 * Acquire/release the underlying lock from the scheduler.
28 *
29 * This is called with preemption disabled, and should
30 * return an error value if it cannot get the lock and
31 * TIF_NEED_RESCHED gets set.
32 *
33 * If it successfully gets the lock, it should increment
34 * the preemption count like any spinlock does.
35 *
36 * (This works on UP too - do_raw_spin_trylock will never
37 * return false in that case)
38 */
39int __lockfunc __reacquire_kernel_lock(void)
40{
41 while (!do_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag)) {
42 if (need_resched())
43 return -EAGAIN;
44 cpu_relax();
45 }
46 preempt_disable();
47 return 0;
48}
49
50void __lockfunc __release_kernel_lock(void)
51{
52 do_raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
53 preempt_enable_no_resched();
54}
55
56/*
57 * These are the BKL spinlocks - we try to be polite about preemption.
58 * If SMP is not on (ie UP preemption), this all goes away because the
59 * do_raw_spin_trylock() will always succeed.
60 */
61#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
62static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
63{
64 preempt_disable();
65 if (unlikely(!do_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag))) {
66 /*
67 * If preemption was disabled even before this
68 * was called, there's nothing we can be polite
69 * about - just spin.
70 */
71 if (preempt_count() > 1) {
72 do_raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag);
73 return;
74 }
75
76 /*
77 * Otherwise, let's wait for the kernel lock
78 * with preemption enabled..
79 */
80 do {
81 preempt_enable();
82 while (raw_spin_is_locked(&kernel_flag))
83 cpu_relax();
84 preempt_disable();
85 } while (!do_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag));
86 }
87}
88
89#else
90
91/*
92 * Non-preemption case - just get the spinlock
93 */
94static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
95{
96 do_raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag);
97}
98#endif
99
100static inline void __unlock_kernel(void)
101{
102 /*
103 * the BKL is not covered by lockdep, so we open-code the
104 * unlocking sequence (and thus avoid the dep-chain ops):
105 */
106 do_raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
107 preempt_enable();
108}
109
110/*
111 * Getting the big kernel lock.
112 *
113 * This cannot happen asynchronously, so we only need to
114 * worry about other CPU's.
115 */
116void __lockfunc _lock_kernel(const char *func, const char *file, int line)
117{
118 int depth = current->lock_depth + 1;
119
120 if (likely(!depth)) {
121 might_sleep();
122 __lock_kernel();
123 }
124 current->lock_depth = depth;
125}
126
127void __lockfunc _unlock_kernel(const char *func, const char *file, int line)
128{
129 BUG_ON(current->lock_depth < 0);
130 if (likely(--current->lock_depth < 0))
131 __unlock_kernel();
132}
133
134EXPORT_SYMBOL(_lock_kernel);
135EXPORT_SYMBOL(_unlock_kernel);
136