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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched/sched.h')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/sched.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h index 65b72e0487bf..9f33c77258ea 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h @@ -1203,6 +1203,16 @@ struct rq_flags { #endif }; +/* + * Lockdep annotation that avoids accidental unlocks; it's like a + * sticky/continuous lockdep_assert_held(). + * + * This avoids code that has access to 'struct rq *rq' (basically everything in + * the scheduler) from accidentally unlocking the rq if they do not also have a + * copy of the (on-stack) 'struct rq_flags rf'. + * + * Also see Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.rst. + */ static inline void rq_pin_lock(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf) { rf->cookie = lockdep_pin_lock(&rq->lock); |