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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 11 |
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diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 38c8654aaa96..49e617fa0f66 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ extern unsigned long nr_iowait(void); #define set_task_state(tsk, state_value) \ set_mb((tsk)->state, (state_value)) +/* + * set_current_state() includes a barrier so that the write of current->state + * is correctly serialised wrt the caller's subsequent test of whether to + * actually sleep: + * + * set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); + * if (do_i_need_to_sleep()) + * schedule(); + * + * If the caller does not need such serialisation then use __set_current_state() + */ #define __set_current_state(state_value) \ do { current->state = (state_value); } while (0) #define set_current_state(state_value) \ |