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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-15 22:29:07 (GMT) |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-15 22:29:07 (GMT) |
| commit | 82638844d9a8581bbf33201cc209a14876eca167 (patch) | |
| tree | 961d7f9360194421a71aa644a9d0c176a960ce49 /include/linux/smp_lock.h | |
| parent | 9982fbface82893e77d211fbabfbd229da6bdde6 (diff) | |
| parent | 63cf13b77ab785e87c867defa8545e6d4a989774 (diff) | |
| download | linux-fsl-qoriq-82638844d9a8581bbf33201cc209a14876eca167.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096
Conflicts:
arch/x86/xen/smp.c
kernel/sched_rt.c
net/iucv/iucv.c
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/smp_lock.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/smp_lock.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/smp_lock.h b/include/linux/smp_lock.h index aab3a4c..813be59 100644 --- a/include/linux/smp_lock.h +++ b/include/linux/smp_lock.h @@ -27,11 +27,24 @@ static inline int reacquire_kernel_lock(struct task_struct *task) extern void __lockfunc lock_kernel(void) __acquires(kernel_lock); extern void __lockfunc unlock_kernel(void) __releases(kernel_lock); +/* + * Various legacy drivers don't really need the BKL in a specific + * function, but they *do* need to know that the BKL became available. + * This function just avoids wrapping a bunch of lock/unlock pairs + * around code which doesn't really need it. + */ +static inline void cycle_kernel_lock(void) +{ + lock_kernel(); + unlock_kernel(); +} + #else #define lock_kernel() do { } while(0) #define unlock_kernel() do { } while(0) #define release_kernel_lock(task) do { } while(0) +#define cycle_kernel_lock() do { } while(0) #define reacquire_kernel_lock(task) 0 #define kernel_locked() 1 |