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| author | Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de> | 2020-12-06 19:21:43 +0300 |
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| committer | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2020-12-09 19:08:49 +0300 |
| commit | cb262935a166bdef0ccfe6e2adffa00c0f2d038a (patch) | |
| tree | 6b050dfa375b34a0434e8499a1909d3155d95912 /include/linux/seqlock.h | |
| parent | 66bcfcdf89d00f2409f4b5da0f8c20c08318dc72 (diff) | |
| download | linux-cb262935a166bdef0ccfe6e2adffa00c0f2d038a.tar.xz | |
seqlock: kernel-doc: Specify when preemption is automatically altered
The kernel-doc annotations for sequence counters write side functions
are incomplete: they do not specify when preemption is automatically
disabled and re-enabled.
This has confused a number of call-site developers. Fix it.
Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wikhGExmprXgaW+MVXG1zsGpztBbVwOb23vetk41EtTBQ@mail.gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/seqlock.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/seqlock.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h index 235cbc65fd71..2f7bb92b4c9e 100644 --- a/include/linux/seqlock.h +++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h @@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ static inline int do_read_seqcount_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start) /** * raw_write_seqcount_begin() - start a seqcount_t write section w/o lockdep * @s: Pointer to seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants + * + * Context: check write_seqcount_begin() */ #define raw_write_seqcount_begin(s) \ do { \ @@ -475,6 +477,8 @@ static inline void do_raw_write_seqcount_begin(seqcount_t *s) /** * raw_write_seqcount_end() - end a seqcount_t write section w/o lockdep * @s: Pointer to seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants + * + * Context: check write_seqcount_end() */ #define raw_write_seqcount_end(s) \ do { \ @@ -498,6 +502,7 @@ static inline void do_raw_write_seqcount_end(seqcount_t *s) * @subclass: lockdep nesting level * * See Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.rst + * Context: check write_seqcount_begin() */ #define write_seqcount_begin_nested(s, subclass) \ do { \ @@ -519,11 +524,10 @@ static inline void do_write_seqcount_begin_nested(seqcount_t *s, int subclass) * write_seqcount_begin() - start a seqcount_t write side critical section * @s: Pointer to seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants * - * write_seqcount_begin opens a write side critical section of the given - * seqcount_t. - * - * Context: seqcount_t write side critical sections must be serialized and - * non-preemptible. If readers can be invoked from hardirq or softirq + * Context: sequence counter write side sections must be serialized and + * non-preemptible. Preemption will be automatically disabled if and + * only if the seqcount write serialization lock is associated, and + * preemptible. If readers can be invoked from hardirq or softirq * context, interrupts or bottom halves must be respectively disabled. */ #define write_seqcount_begin(s) \ @@ -545,7 +549,8 @@ static inline void do_write_seqcount_begin(seqcount_t *s) * write_seqcount_end() - end a seqcount_t write side critical section * @s: Pointer to seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants * - * The write section must've been opened with write_seqcount_begin(). + * Context: Preemption will be automatically re-enabled if and only if + * the seqcount write serialization lock is associated, and preemptible. */ #define write_seqcount_end(s) \ do { \ |