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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-15 18:28:30 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-15 18:28:30 -0700
commit0586bed3e8563c2eb89bc7256e30ce633ae06cfb (patch)
tree7a59610f45f7222f25b3212c53fa28636bb4427c /Documentation
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parentdbebbfbb1605f0179e7c0d900d941cc9c45de569 (diff)
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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.txt24
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.
The routines look the same as above:
- rwlock_t xxx_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+ rwlock_t xxx_lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(xxx_lock);
unsigned long flags;
@@ -196,25 +196,3 @@ appropriate:
For static initialization, use DEFINE_SPINLOCK() / DEFINE_RWLOCK() or
__SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED() / __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED() as appropriate.
-
-SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED and RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED are deprecated. These interfere
-with lockdep state tracking.
-
-Most of the time, you can simply turn:
- static spinlock_t xxx_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
-into:
- static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xxx_lock);
-
-Static structure member variables go from:
-
- struct foo bar {
- .lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
- };
-
-to:
-
- struct foo bar {
- .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(bar.lock);
- };
-
-Declaration of static rw_locks undergo a similar transformation.