Re: [PATCH] Documentation of current lglocks implementation

[Jeremiah Mahler]

Nicholas,

On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 09:33:26AM +0100, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
> 
> Documentation of current lglocks implementation
> 
> local/global locks are currently not documented anywhere other
> than in an somewhat out-of-date LWN article - this is an attempt
[...]
> +Implementation:
> +---------------
> +
> +The initial lglock implementation from Nick Piggin used some complex
> +macros to generate the lglock/brlock in lglock.h - they were later
> +turned into a set of functions by Andi Kleen [7]. The change to functions
> +was motivated by the presence of multiple lock users and also by them
> +being easier to maintain than the generating macros. This change to
> +functions is also the basis to eliminated the restriction of not
> +being initializeable in kernel modules (the remaining problem is that
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
		 initializable

> +locks are not explicitly initialized - see lockdep-design.txt)
> +
> +Declaration and initialization:
> +-------------------------------
> +
> +  #include <linux/lglock.h>
[...]

-- 
- Jeremiah Mahler
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