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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-18 22:50:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-18 22:50:34 +0200 |
| commit | a208f37a465e222218974ab20a31b42b7b4893b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 77c6acdd4be32024330a14f2618b814126ce7a20 /include/linux/smp_lock.h | |
| parent | 511d9d34183662aada3890883e860b151d707e22 (diff) | |
| parent | 5b664cb235e97afbf34db9c4d77f08ebd725335e (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/x2apic
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/smp_lock.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/smp_lock.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/smp_lock.h b/include/linux/smp_lock.h index aab3a4cff4e1..813be59bf345 100644 --- a/include/linux/smp_lock.h +++ b/include/linux/smp_lock.h @@ -27,11 +27,24 @@ static inline int reacquire_kernel_lock(struct task_struct *task) extern void __lockfunc lock_kernel(void) __acquires(kernel_lock); extern void __lockfunc unlock_kernel(void) __releases(kernel_lock); +/* + * Various legacy drivers don't really need the BKL in a specific + * function, but they *do* need to know that the BKL became available. + * This function just avoids wrapping a bunch of lock/unlock pairs + * around code which doesn't really need it. + */ +static inline void cycle_kernel_lock(void) +{ + lock_kernel(); + unlock_kernel(); +} + #else #define lock_kernel() do { } while(0) #define unlock_kernel() do { } while(0) #define release_kernel_lock(task) do { } while(0) +#define cycle_kernel_lock() do { } while(0) #define reacquire_kernel_lock(task) 0 #define kernel_locked() 1 |