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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rwsem.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rwsem.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h index 8da67d625e13..0616ffe45702 100644 --- a/include/linux/rwsem.h +++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h @@ -133,10 +133,20 @@ do { \ _down_write_nest_lock(sem, &(nest_lock)->dep_map); \ } while (0); +/* + * Take/release a lock when not the owner will release it. + * + * [ This API should be avoided as much as possible - the + * proper abstraction for this case is completions. ] + */ +extern void down_read_non_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem); +extern void up_read_non_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem); #else # define down_read_nested(sem, subclass) down_read(sem) # define down_write_nest_lock(sem, nest_lock) down_write(sem) # define down_write_nested(sem, subclass) down_write(sem) +# define down_read_non_owner(sem) down_read(sem) +# define up_read_non_owner(sem) up_read(sem) #endif #endif /* _LINUX_RWSEM_H */ |