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[linux-2.6] / lib / kernel_lock.c
1 /*
2  * lib/kernel_lock.c
3  *
4  * This is the traditional BKL - big kernel lock. Largely
5  * relegated to obsolescence, but used by various less
6  * important (or lazy) subsystems.
7  */
8 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
9 #include <linux/module.h>
10 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
11 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
12
13 /*
14  * The 'big kernel lock'
15  *
16  * This spinlock is taken and released recursively by lock_kernel()
17  * and unlock_kernel().  It is transparently dropped and reacquired
18  * over schedule().  It is used to protect legacy code that hasn't
19  * been migrated to a proper locking design yet.
20  *
21  * Don't use in new code.
22  */
23 static  __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kernel_flag);
24
25
26 /*
27  * Acquire/release the underlying lock from the scheduler.
28  *
29  * This is called with preemption disabled, and should
30  * return an error value if it cannot get the lock and
31  * TIF_NEED_RESCHED gets set.
32  *
33  * If it successfully gets the lock, it should increment
34  * the preemption count like any spinlock does.
35  *
36  * (This works on UP too - _raw_spin_trylock will never
37  * return false in that case)
38  */
39 int __lockfunc __reacquire_kernel_lock(void)
40 {
41         while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag)) {
42                 if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_RESCHED))
43                         return -EAGAIN;
44                 cpu_relax();
45         }
46         preempt_disable();
47         return 0;
48 }
49
50 void __lockfunc __release_kernel_lock(void)
51 {
52         _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
53         preempt_enable_no_resched();
54 }
55
56 /*
57  * These are the BKL spinlocks - we try to be polite about preemption.
58  * If SMP is not on (ie UP preemption), this all goes away because the
59  * _raw_spin_trylock() will always succeed.
60  */
61 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
62 static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
63 {
64         preempt_disable();
65         if (unlikely(!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag))) {
66                 /*
67                  * If preemption was disabled even before this
68                  * was called, there's nothing we can be polite
69                  * about - just spin.
70                  */
71                 if (preempt_count() > 1) {
72                         _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag);
73                         return;
74                 }
75
76                 /*
77                  * Otherwise, let's wait for the kernel lock
78                  * with preemption enabled..
79                  */
80                 do {
81                         preempt_enable();
82                         while (spin_is_locked(&kernel_flag))
83                                 cpu_relax();
84                         preempt_disable();
85                 } while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag));
86         }
87 }
88
89 #else
90
91 /*
92  * Non-preemption case - just get the spinlock
93  */
94 static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
95 {
96         _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag);
97 }
98 #endif
99
100 static inline void __unlock_kernel(void)
101 {
102         /*
103          * the BKL is not covered by lockdep, so we open-code the
104          * unlocking sequence (and thus avoid the dep-chain ops):
105          */
106         _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
107         preempt_enable();
108 }
109
110 /*
111  * Getting the big kernel lock.
112  *
113  * This cannot happen asynchronously, so we only need to
114  * worry about other CPU's.
115  */
116 void __lockfunc lock_kernel(void)
117 {
118         int depth = current->lock_depth+1;
119         if (likely(!depth))
120                 __lock_kernel();
121         current->lock_depth = depth;
122 }
123
124 void __lockfunc unlock_kernel(void)
125 {
126         BUG_ON(current->lock_depth < 0);
127         if (likely(--current->lock_depth < 0))
128                 __unlock_kernel();
129 }
130
131 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_kernel);
132 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_kernel);
133