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diff --git a/include/linux/semaphore.h b/include/linux/semaphore.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b3c691b089b --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/semaphore.h @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) 2008 Intel Corporation + * Author: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> + * + * Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 + * + * Counting semaphores allow up to <n> tasks to acquire the semaphore + * simultaneously. + */ +#ifndef __LINUX_SEMAPHORE_H +#define __LINUX_SEMAPHORE_H + +#include <linux/list.h> +#include <linux/spinlock.h> + +/* + * The spinlock controls access to the other members of the semaphore. + * 'count' is decremented by every task which calls down*() and incremented + * by every call to up(). Thus, if it is positive, it indicates how many + * more tasks may acquire the lock. If it is negative, it indicates how + * many tasks are waiting for the lock. Tasks waiting for the lock are + * kept on the wait_list. + */ +struct semaphore { + spinlock_t lock; + int count; + struct list_head wait_list; +}; + +#define __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, n) \ +{ \ + .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED((name).lock), \ + .count = n, \ + .wait_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT((name).wait_list), \ +} + +#define __DECLARE_SEMAPHORE_GENERIC(name, count) \ + struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, count) + +#define DECLARE_MUTEX(name) __DECLARE_SEMAPHORE_GENERIC(name, 1) + +static inline void sema_init(struct semaphore *sem, int val) +{ + static struct lock_class_key __key; + *sem = (struct semaphore) __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(*sem, val); + lockdep_init_map(&sem->lock.dep_map, "semaphore->lock", &__key, 0); +} + +#define init_MUTEX(sem) sema_init(sem, 1) +#define init_MUTEX_LOCKED(sem) sema_init(sem, 0) + +/* + * Attempt to acquire the semaphore. If another task is already holding the + * semaphore, sleep until the semaphore is released. + */ +extern void down(struct semaphore *sem); + +/* + * As down(), except the sleep may be interrupted by a signal. If it is, + * this function will return -EINTR. + */ +extern int __must_check down_interruptible(struct semaphore *sem); + +/* + * As down(), except this function will not sleep. It will return 0 if it + * acquired the semaphore and 1 if the semaphore was contended. This + * function may be called from any context, including interrupt and softirq. + */ +extern int __must_check down_trylock(struct semaphore *sem); + +/* + * Release the semaphore. Unlike mutexes, up() may be called from any + * context and even by tasks which have never called down(). + */ +extern void up(struct semaphore *sem); + +#endif /* __LINUX_SEMAPHORE_H */ |