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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched/wake_q.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/core.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h b/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h index 10b19a192b2d..545f37138057 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h @@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ * called near the end of a function. Otherwise, the list can be * re-initialized for later re-use by wake_q_init(). * - * Note that this can cause spurious wakeups. schedule() callers + * NOTE that this can cause spurious wakeups. schedule() callers * must ensure the call is done inside a loop, confirming that the * wakeup condition has in fact occurred. + * + * NOTE that there is no guarantee the wakeup will happen any later than the + * wake_q_add() location. Therefore task must be ready to be woken at the + * location of the wake_q_add(). */ #include <linux/sched.h> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index a674c7db2f29..cc814933f7d6 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -396,6 +396,18 @@ static bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p) #endif #endif +/** + * wake_q_add() - queue a wakeup for 'later' waking. + * @head: the wake_q_head to add @task to + * @task: the task to queue for 'later' wakeup + * + * Queue a task for later wakeup, most likely by the wake_up_q() call in the + * same context, _HOWEVER_ this is not guaranteed, the wakeup can come + * instantly. + * + * This function must be used as-if it were wake_up_process(); IOW the task + * must be ready to be woken at this location. + */ void wake_q_add(struct wake_q_head *head, struct task_struct *task) { struct wake_q_node *node = &task->wake_q; |