docs: convert kref semaphore to mutex
Just converting this documentation semaphore reference, since we don't want to promote semaphore usage. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> Acked-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ The last rule (rule 3) is the nastiest one to handle. Say, for
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instance, you have a list of items that are each kref-ed, and you wish
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to get the first one. You can't just pull the first item off the list
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and kref_get() it. That violates rule 3 because you are not already
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holding a valid pointer. You must add locks or semaphores. For
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instance:
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holding a valid pointer. You must add a mutex (or some other lock).
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For instance:
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static DECLARE_MUTEX(sem);
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static DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex);
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static LIST_HEAD(q);
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struct my_data
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{
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@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ struct my_data
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static struct my_data *get_entry()
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{
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struct my_data *entry = NULL;
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down(&sem);
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mutex_lock(&mutex);
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if (!list_empty(&q)) {
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entry = container_of(q.next, struct my_q_entry, link);
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kref_get(&entry->refcount);
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}
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up(&sem);
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mutex_unlock(&mutex);
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return entry;
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}
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@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ static void release_entry(struct kref *ref)
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static void put_entry(struct my_data *entry)
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{
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down(&sem);
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mutex_lock(&mutex);
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kref_put(&entry->refcount, release_entry);
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up(&sem);
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mutex_unlock(&mutex);
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}
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The kref_put() return value is useful if you do not want to hold the
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@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ static void release_entry(struct kref *ref)
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static void put_entry(struct my_data *entry)
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{
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down(&sem);
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mutex_lock(&mutex);
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if (kref_put(&entry->refcount, release_entry)) {
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list_del(&entry->link);
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up(&sem);
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mutex_unlock(&mutex);
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kfree(entry);
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} else
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up(&sem);
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mutex_unlock(&mutex);
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}
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This is really more useful if you have to call other routines as part
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