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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-05-15 08:39:25 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-05-15 08:39:25 -0300
commit69ecdbac144147a80747914d9b6ea3472e2d93e7 (patch)
treee1bb68c3568f370cd6a7d2ae29a051bee244ce0f /include/linux/seqlock.h
parentb7dc4cd17506284a47eeb9160207e43c7d5486fe (diff)
parentb6255ee3d82798eb1eee9fb1cca713317b5afae8 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'linus/master' into staging/for_v3.5
* linus/master: (805 commits) tty: Fix LED error return openvswitch: checking wrong variable in queue_userspace_packet() bonding: Fix LACPDU rx_dropped commit. Linux 3.4-rc7 ARM: EXYNOS: fix ctrlbit for exynos5_clk_pdma1 ARM: EXYNOS: use s5p-timer for UniversalC210 board ARM / mach-shmobile: Invalidate caches when booting secondary cores ARM / mach-shmobile: sh73a0 SMP TWD boot regression fix ARM / mach-shmobile: r8a7779 SMP TWD boot regression fix ARM: mach-shmobile: convert ag5evm to use the generic MMC GPIO hotplug helper ARM: mach-shmobile: convert mackerel to use the generic MMC GPIO hotplug helper MAINTAINERS: Add myself as the cpufreq maintainer dm mpath: check if scsi_dh module already loaded before trying to load dm thin: correct module description dm thin: fix unprotected use of prepared_discards list dm thin: reinstate missing mempool_free in cell_release_singleton gpio/exynos: Fix compiler warnings when non-exynos machines are selected gpio: pch9: Use proper flow type handlers powerpc/irq: Fix another case of lazy IRQ state getting out of sync ks8851: Update link status during link change interrupt ... Conflicts: drivers/media/common/tuners/xc5000.c drivers/media/common/tuners/xc5000.h drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_queue.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/seqlock.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/seqlock.h23
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index c6db9fb33c4..600060e25ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static inline unsigned __read_seqcount_begin(const seqcount_t *s)
unsigned ret;
repeat:
- ret = s->sequence;
+ ret = ACCESS_ONCE(s->sequence);
if (unlikely(ret & 1)) {
cpu_relax();
goto repeat;
@@ -166,6 +166,27 @@ static inline unsigned read_seqcount_begin(const seqcount_t *s)
}
/**
+ * raw_seqcount_begin - begin a seq-read critical section
+ * @s: pointer to seqcount_t
+ * Returns: count to be passed to read_seqcount_retry
+ *
+ * raw_seqcount_begin opens a read critical section of the given seqcount.
+ * Validity of the critical section is tested by checking read_seqcount_retry
+ * function.
+ *
+ * Unlike read_seqcount_begin(), this function will not wait for the count
+ * to stabilize. If a writer is active when we begin, we will fail the
+ * read_seqcount_retry() instead of stabilizing at the beginning of the
+ * critical section.
+ */
+static inline unsigned raw_seqcount_begin(const seqcount_t *s)
+{
+ unsigned ret = ACCESS_ONCE(s->sequence);
+ smp_rmb();
+ return ret & ~1;
+}
+
+/**
* __read_seqcount_retry - end a seq-read critical section (without barrier)
* @s: pointer to seqcount_t
* @start: count, from read_seqcount_begin