linux/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl, branch v3.0.62

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31T14:26:23Z

Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi

Merge branch 'rcu/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/rcu

2010-10-07T07:43:11Z

mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook

2010-09-03T06:19:51Z

Fix kernel-doc notation in linux/mutex.h and kernel/mutex.c, then add these 2 files to the kernel-locking docbook as the Mutex API reference chapter. Add one API function to mutex-design.txt and correct a typo in that file. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Rusty Russell LKML-Reference: <20100902154816.6cc2f9ad.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/rcu

2010-08-23T09:32:34Z

Documentation: kernel-locking: mutex_trylock cannot be used in interrupt context

2010-08-20T16:34:56Z

Chapter 6 is right about mutex_trylock, but chapter 10 wasn't. This error was introduced during semaphore-to-mutex conversion of the Unreliable guide. :-) If user context which performs mutex_lock() or mutex_trylock() is preempted by interrupt context which performs mutex_trylock() on the same mutex instance, a deadlock occurs. This is because these functions do not disable local IRQs when they operate on mutex->wait_lock. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter Acked-by: Rusty Russell Cc: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Update call_rcu() usage, add synchronize_rcu()

2010-08-20T00:18:03Z

Reported-by: Kyle Hubert Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

Update documentation to note the passage of INIT_RCU_HEAD()

2010-08-20T00:18:03Z

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

Remove mention of semaphores from kernel-locking

2008-07-24T12:29:40Z

Since the consensus seems to be to eliminate semaphores where possible, we shouldn't be educating people about how to use them as locks. Use mutexes instead. Semaphores should be described in a separate document if we end up keeping them. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox Acked-by: Rusty Russell

doc: add a chapter about trylock functions [Bug 9011]

2008-05-23T03:09:34Z

Add a chapter about trylock functions. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9011 Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell (removed down_trylock)

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial

2008-04-21T23:36:46Z

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial: (24 commits) DOC: A couple corrections and clarifications in USB doc. Generate a slightly more informative error msg for bad HZ fix typo "is" -> "if" in Makefile ext*: spelling fix prefered -> preferred DOCUMENTATION: Use newer DEFINE_SPINLOCK macro in docs. KEYS: Fix the comment to match the file name in rxrpc-type.h. RAID: remove trailing space from printk line DMA engine: typo fixes Remove unused MAX_NODES_SHIFT MAINTAINERS: Clarify access to OCFS2 development mailing list. V4L: Storage class should be before const qualifier (sn9c102) V4L: Storage class should be before const qualifier sonypi: Storage class should be before const qualifier intel_menlow: Storage class should be before const qualifier DVB: Storage class should be before const qualifier arm: Storage class should be before const qualifier ALSA: Storage class should be before const qualifier acpi: Storage class should be before const qualifier firmware_sample_driver.c: fix coding style MAINTAINERS: Add ati_remote2 driver ... Fixed up trivial conflicts in firmware_sample_driver.c