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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-09-09 22:27:33 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-09-09 22:27:33 -0700 |
| commit | e548833df83c3554229eff0672900bfe958b45fd (patch) | |
| tree | 85efc4a76dc356593d6d394776aeb845dc580fb6 /Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | |
| parent | cbd9da7be869f676afc204e1a664163778c770bd (diff) | |
| parent | 053d8f6622701f849fda2ca2c9ae596c13599ba9 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
net/mac80211/main.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 084f6ad7b7a0..0b1a3f97f285 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -1922,9 +1922,12 @@ machines due to caching. <function>mutex_lock()</function> </para> <para> - There is a <function>mutex_trylock()</function> which can be - used inside interrupt context, as it will not sleep. + There is a <function>mutex_trylock()</function> which does not + sleep. Still, it must not be used inside interrupt context since + its implementation is not safe for that. <function>mutex_unlock()</function> will also never sleep. + It cannot be used in interrupt context either since a mutex + must be released by the same task that acquired it. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |