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| author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2010-09-02 15:48:16 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-09-03 08:19:51 +0200 |
| commit | ef5dc121d5a0bb1fa477c5395277259f07d318a3 (patch) | |
| tree | 5af1d24406aa014eed72f07097316ba6f7d0d04f /kernel | |
| parent | 950eaaca681c44aab87a46225c9e44f902c080aa (diff) | |
| download | lwn-ef5dc121d5a0bb1fa477c5395277259f07d318a3.tar.gz lwn-ef5dc121d5a0bb1fa477c5395277259f07d318a3.zip | |
mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook
Fix kernel-doc notation in linux/mutex.h and kernel/mutex.c,
then add these 2 files to the kernel-locking docbook as the
Mutex API reference chapter.
Add one API function to mutex-design.txt and correct a typo in
that file.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
LKML-Reference: <20100902154816.6cc2f9ad.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/mutex.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c index 4c0b7b3e6d2e..200407c1502f 100644 --- a/kernel/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/mutex.c @@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ # include <asm/mutex.h> #endif -/*** - * mutex_init - initialize the mutex - * @lock: the mutex to be initialized - * @key: the lock_class_key for the class; used by mutex lock debugging - * - * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state. - * - * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex. - */ void __mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key) { @@ -68,7 +59,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mutex_init); static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); -/*** +/** * mutex_lock - acquire the mutex * @lock: the mutex to be acquired * @@ -105,7 +96,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_lock); static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); -/*** +/** * mutex_unlock - release the mutex * @lock: the mutex to be released * @@ -364,8 +355,8 @@ __mutex_lock_killable_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); static noinline int __sched __mutex_lock_interruptible_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count); -/*** - * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptable +/** + * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptible * @lock: the mutex to be acquired * * Lock the mutex like mutex_lock(), and return 0 if the mutex has @@ -456,15 +447,15 @@ static inline int __mutex_trylock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count) return prev == 1; } -/*** - * mutex_trylock - try acquire the mutex, without waiting +/** + * mutex_trylock - try to acquire the mutex, without waiting * @lock: the mutex to be acquired * * Try to acquire the mutex atomically. Returns 1 if the mutex * has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention. * * NOTE: this function follows the spin_trylock() convention, so - * it is negated to the down_trylock() return values! Be careful + * it is negated from the down_trylock() return values! Be careful * about this when converting semaphore users to mutexes. * * This function must not be used in interrupt context. The |