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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-02-25 16:29:59 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-02-25 16:29:59 -0800 |
| commit | 9c897096bbabaca1ad042a35cc1ef441d809ddc8 (patch) | |
| tree | 97588a441878a6efe10711e059419316645e80b1 /include | |
| parent | 297ea1b7f717db660fa6eb543dc0af41f7bf8d57 (diff) | |
| parent | 472e8c55cf6622d1c112dc2bc777f68bbd4189db (diff) | |
Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull locking fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
"Three patches to fix memory ordering issues on ALPHA and a comment to
clarify the usage scope of a mutex internal function"
* 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
locking/xchg/alpha: Fix xchg() and cmpxchg() memory ordering bugs
locking/xchg/alpha: Clean up barrier usage by using smp_mb() in place of __ASM__MB
locking/xchg/alpha: Add unconditional memory barrier to cmpxchg()
locking/mutex: Add comment to __mutex_owner() to deter usage
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mutex.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h index f25c13423bd4..cb3bbed4e633 100644 --- a/include/linux/mutex.h +++ b/include/linux/mutex.h @@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ struct mutex { #endif }; +/* + * Internal helper function; C doesn't allow us to hide it :/ + * + * DO NOT USE (outside of mutex code). + */ static inline struct task_struct *__mutex_owner(struct mutex *lock) { return (struct task_struct *)(atomic_long_read(&lock->owner) & ~0x07); |