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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] locking: Document the semantics of spin_is_locked()
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On 04/03/2018 02:43 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
>> + * Returns: 1 if @lock is locked, 0 otherwise.
>> + * However, on !CONFIG_SMP builds with !CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK,
>> + * the return value is always 0 (see include/linux/spinlock_up.h).
>> + * Therefore you should not rely heavily on the return value.
>
> Seems reasonable.
>
> It might also want to include a note that the lock isn't necessarily held by
> your own CPU. I would also use "=n" rather than "!", so maybe something like:
>
> * Returns: 1 if @lock is locked, 0 otherwise.
> *
> * Note that the function only tells you that the CPU is seen to be locked,

the CPU is locked??

> * not that it is locked on your CPU.
> *
> * Further, on CONFIG_SMP=n builds with CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=n, the return
> * value is always 0 (see include/linux/spinlock_up.h). Therefore you should
> * not rely heavily on the return value.
>
> David
>


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~Randy

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