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/* * lib/kernel_lock.c * * This is the traditional BKL - big kernel lock. Largely |
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* relegated to obsolescence, but used by various less |
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* important (or lazy) subsystems. */ #include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/kallsyms.h> |
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#include <linux/semaphore.h> |
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/* |
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* The 'big kernel lock' |
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* This spinlock is taken and released recursively by lock_kernel() |
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* and unlock_kernel(). It is transparently dropped and reacquired |
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* over schedule(). It is used to protect legacy code that hasn't * been migrated to a proper locking design yet. * |
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* Don't use in new code. */ |
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static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kernel_flag); |
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/* |
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* Acquire/release the underlying lock from the scheduler. |
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* This is called with preemption disabled, and should * return an error value if it cannot get the lock and * TIF_NEED_RESCHED gets set. |
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* If it successfully gets the lock, it should increment * the preemption count like any spinlock does. * * (This works on UP too - _raw_spin_trylock will never * return false in that case) |
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*/ int __lockfunc __reacquire_kernel_lock(void) { |
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while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag)) { if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_RESCHED)) return -EAGAIN; cpu_relax(); } |
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preempt_disable(); |
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return 0; } void __lockfunc __release_kernel_lock(void) { |
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_raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag); preempt_enable_no_resched(); |
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} /* |
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* These are the BKL spinlocks - we try to be polite about preemption. * If SMP is not on (ie UP preemption), this all goes away because the * _raw_spin_trylock() will always succeed. |
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#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT static inline void __lock_kernel(void) |
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preempt_disable(); if (unlikely(!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag))) { /* * If preemption was disabled even before this * was called, there's nothing we can be polite * about - just spin. */ if (preempt_count() > 1) { _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag); return; } |
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/* |
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* Otherwise, let's wait for the kernel lock * with preemption enabled.. |
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do { preempt_enable(); while (spin_is_locked(&kernel_flag)) cpu_relax(); preempt_disable(); } while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag)); } } |
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#else /* * Non-preemption case - just get the spinlock */ static inline void __lock_kernel(void) { _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag); |
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} |
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#endif |
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static inline void __unlock_kernel(void) |
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/* * the BKL is not covered by lockdep, so we open-code the * unlocking sequence (and thus avoid the dep-chain ops): */ _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag); preempt_enable(); } |
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/* * Getting the big kernel lock. * * This cannot happen asynchronously, so we only need to * worry about other CPU's. */ void __lockfunc lock_kernel(void) { int depth = current->lock_depth+1; if (likely(!depth)) __lock_kernel(); current->lock_depth = depth; } |
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void __lockfunc unlock_kernel(void) { BUG_ON(current->lock_depth < 0); if (likely(--current->lock_depth < 0)) __unlock_kernel(); |
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} |
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_kernel); EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_kernel); |