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authorJosh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>2012-12-17 16:03:24 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-12-17 17:15:23 -0800
commit8529091e8e2ae25e0f4003086f619765ff255e4b (patch)
tree8e0133cdaaab2455290a558fb05ff845d1ec0ae5 /include
parenta5ba911ec3792168530d35e16a8ec3b6fc60bcb5 (diff)
linux/compiler.h: add __must_hold macro for functions called with a lock held
linux/compiler.h has macros to denote functions that acquire or release locks, but not to denote functions called with a lock held that return with the lock still held. Add a __must_hold macro to cover that case. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Reported-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Tested-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler.h2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index f430e4162f4..b121554f1fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
# define __force __attribute__((force))
# define __nocast __attribute__((nocast))
# define __iomem __attribute__((noderef, address_space(2)))
+# define __must_hold(x) __attribute__((context(x,1,1)))
# define __acquires(x) __attribute__((context(x,0,1)))
# define __releases(x) __attribute__((context(x,1,0)))
# define __acquire(x) __context__(x,1)
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
# define __chk_user_ptr(x) (void)0
# define __chk_io_ptr(x) (void)0
# define __builtin_warning(x, y...) (1)
+# define __must_hold(x)
# define __acquires(x)
# define __releases(x)
# define __acquire(x) (void)0