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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/mutex-design.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mutex.h | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/mutex.c | 23 |
4 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 0b1a3f97f28..a0d479d1e1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -1961,6 +1961,12 @@ machines due to caching. </sect1> </chapter> + <chapter id="apiref"> + <title>Mutex API reference</title> +!Iinclude/linux/mutex.h +!Ekernel/mutex.c + </chapter> + <chapter id="references"> <title>Further reading</title> diff --git a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt index c91ccc0720f..38c10fd7f41 100644 --- a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ firstly, there's nothing wrong with semaphores. But if the simpler mutex semantics are sufficient for your code, then there are a couple of advantages of mutexes: - - 'struct mutex' is smaller on most architectures: .e.g on x86, + - 'struct mutex' is smaller on most architectures: E.g. on x86, 'struct semaphore' is 20 bytes, 'struct mutex' is 16 bytes. A smaller structure size means less RAM footprint, and better CPU-cache utilization. @@ -136,3 +136,4 @@ the APIs of 'struct mutex' have been streamlined: void mutex_lock_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass); int mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass); + int atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(atomic_t *cnt, struct mutex *lock); diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h index 878cab4f5fc..f363bc8fdc7 100644 --- a/include/linux/mutex.h +++ b/include/linux/mutex.h @@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ struct mutex_waiter { # include <linux/mutex-debug.h> #else # define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname) +/** + * mutex_init - initialize the mutex + * @mutex: the mutex to be initialized + * + * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state. + * + * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex. + */ # define mutex_init(mutex) \ do { \ static struct lock_class_key __key; \ diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c index 4c0b7b3e6d2..200407c1502 100644 --- a/kernel/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/mutex.c @@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ # include <asm/mutex.h> #endif -/*** - * mutex_init - initialize the mutex - * @lock: the mutex to be initialized - * @key: the lock_class_key for the class; used by mutex lock debugging - * - * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state. - * - * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex. - */ void __mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key) { @@ -68,7 +59,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mutex_init); static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); -/*** +/** * mutex_lock - acquire the mutex * @lock: the mutex to be acquired * @@ -105,7 +96,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_lock); static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); -/*** +/** * mutex_unlock - release the mutex * @lock: the mutex to be released * @@ -364,8 +355,8 @@ __mutex_lock_killable_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); static noinline int __sched __mutex_lock_interruptible_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); -/*** - * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptable +/** + * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptible * @lock: the mutex to be acquired * * Lock the mutex like mutex_lock(), and return 0 if the mutex has @@ -456,15 +447,15 @@ static inline int __mutex_trylock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count) return prev == 1; } -/*** - * mutex_trylock - try acquire the mutex, without waiting +/** + * mutex_trylock - try to acquire the mutex, without waiting * @lock: the mutex to be acquired * * Try to acquire the mutex atomically. Returns 1 if the mutex * has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention. * * NOTE: this function follows the spin_trylock() convention, so - * it is negated to the down_trylock() return values! Be careful + * it is negated from the down_trylock() return values! Be careful * about this when converting semaphore users to mutexes. * * This function must not be used in interrupt context. The |