Re: [PATCH] Documentation/locking/locktypes: Fix PREEMPT_RT _bh() description

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Mar 04 2022 - 12:13:52 EST


Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> With PREEMPT_RT the _bh() version of a spinlock leaves preemption
> enabled, align the doc to say that instead of the opposite.
>
> Reported-by: Leah Leshchinsky <lleshchi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
> index 4fd7b70fcde1..bfa75ea1b66a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ based on rt_mutex which changes the semantics:
> Non-PREEMPT_RT kernels disable preemption to get this effect.
>
> PREEMPT_RT kernels use a per-CPU lock for serialization which keeps
> - preemption disabled. The lock disables softirq handlers and also
> + preemption enabled. The lock disables softirq handlers and also
> prevents reentrancy due to task preemption.

Applied, thanks.

jon