Linux kernel stable tree (mirror) https://git.radix-linux.su/kernel/linux.git/atom?h=v6.12.80 2023-03-24T17:22:25+00:00 2023-03-24T17:22:25+00:00 Paul E. McKenney paulmck@kernel.org 2020-08-14T23:14:34+00:00 urn:sha1:7e7eb5ae4e4cd482a1ebc6a82ea8a04c5ead62ee Most Linux-kernel uses of locking are straightforward, but there are corner-case uses that rely on less well-known aspects of the lock and unlock primitives. This commit therefore adds a locking.txt and litmus tests in Documentation/litmus-tests/locking to explain these corner-case uses. [ paulmck: Apply Andrea Parri feedback for klitmus7. ] [ paulmck: Apply Akira Yokosawa example-consistency feedback. ] Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>