diff options
| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-15 23:12:58 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-15 23:12:58 +0200 |
| commit | 1e09481365ce248dbb4eb06dad70129bb5807037 (patch) | |
| tree | c0cff5bef95c8b5e7486f144718ade9a06c284dc /include/linux/smp_lock.h | |
| parent | 3e2f69fdd1b00166e7d589bce56b2d36a9e74374 (diff) | |
| parent | b9d2252c1e44fa83a4e65fdc9eb93db6297c55af (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockup
Conflicts:
kernel/softlockup.c
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/smp_lock.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/smp_lock.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/smp_lock.h b/include/linux/smp_lock.h index aab3a4cff4e..813be59bf34 100644 --- a/include/linux/smp_lock.h +++ b/include/linux/smp_lock.h @@ -27,11 +27,24 @@ static inline int reacquire_kernel_lock(struct task_struct *task) extern void __lockfunc lock_kernel(void) __acquires(kernel_lock); extern void __lockfunc unlock_kernel(void) __releases(kernel_lock); +/* + * Various legacy drivers don't really need the BKL in a specific + * function, but they *do* need to know that the BKL became available. + * This function just avoids wrapping a bunch of lock/unlock pairs + * around code which doesn't really need it. + */ +static inline void cycle_kernel_lock(void) +{ + lock_kernel(); + unlock_kernel(); +} + #else #define lock_kernel() do { } while(0) #define unlock_kernel() do { } while(0) #define release_kernel_lock(task) do { } while(0) +#define cycle_kernel_lock() do { } while(0) #define reacquire_kernel_lock(task) 0 #define kernel_locked() 1 |