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author | Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com> | 2018-05-14 16:01:27 -0700 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-05-15 08:11:15 +0200 |
commit | b7e4aadef28f217de8907eec60a964328797a2be (patch) | |
tree | b49fe29b0561ebdc3b5d244068d46a7ca5c6613a | |
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locking/spinlocks: Document the semantics of spin_is_locked()
There appeared to be a certain, recurrent uncertainty concerning the
semantics of spin_is_locked(), likely a consequence of the fact that
this semantics remains undocumented or that it has been historically
linked to the (likewise unclear) semantics of spin_unlock_wait().
A recent auditing [1] of the callers of the primitive confirmed that
none of them are relying on particular ordering guarantees; document
this semantics by adding a docbook header to spin_is_locked(). Also,
describe behaviors specific to certain CONFIG_SMP=n builds.
[1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=151981440005264&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152042843808540&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152043346110262&w=2
Co-Developed-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Co-Developed-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Co-Developed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Jade Alglave <j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@inria.fr>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1526338889-7003-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/spinlock.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h index 4894d322d258..1e8a46435838 100644 --- a/include/linux/spinlock.h +++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h @@ -380,6 +380,24 @@ static __always_inline int spin_trylock_irq(spinlock_t *lock) raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(spinlock_check(lock), flags); \ }) +/** + * spin_is_locked() - Check whether a spinlock is locked. + * @lock: Pointer to the spinlock. + * + * This function is NOT required to provide any memory ordering + * guarantees; it could be used for debugging purposes or, when + * additional synchronization is needed, accompanied with other + * constructs (memory barriers) enforcing the synchronization. + * + * Returns: 1 if @lock is locked, 0 otherwise. + * + * Note that the function only tells you that the spinlock is + * seen to be locked, not that it is locked on your CPU. + * + * Further, on CONFIG_SMP=n builds with CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=n, + * the return value is always 0 (see include/linux/spinlock_up.h). + * Therefore you should not rely heavily on the return value. + */ static __always_inline int spin_is_locked(spinlock_t *lock) { return raw_spin_is_locked(&lock->rlock); |