[PATCH V2 1/3] kernel.h: Add DO_ONCE statement expression macro

[Joe Perches]

Add a DO_ONCE statement expression analogous to printk_once
that executes any arbitrary statement exactly once.

This will take the place of printk_once so that
DO_ONCE(pr_<foo>) can be more easily written.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/kernel.h |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 883cd44..179fdac 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -637,6 +637,17 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(void) { }
 #define swap(a, b) \
 	do { typeof(a) __tmp = (a); (a) = (b); (b) = __tmp; } while (0)
 
+/*
+ * Do something once (analogous to WARN_ONCE() et al):
+ */
+#define DO_ONCE(x...) ({			\
+	static unsigned long __done;		\
+						\
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &__done)) {	\
+		x;				\
+	}					\
+})
+
 /**
  * container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
  * @ptr:	the pointer to the member.
-- 
1.6.3.1.10.g659a0.dirty

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