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authorTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2010-12-13 09:29:52 +0100
committerTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2010-12-13 09:29:52 +0100
commit354d14b3f53cc749c5d26d4ba7280d1e931d6bc4 (patch)
tree59b597e44902d8db8bde7deac1e7e707327c6fe6 /drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
parent5144c534d16529bc469396211131e8935589f833 (diff)
parent5b84ba26a9672e615897234fa5efd3eea2d6b295 (diff)
Merge branch 'topic/workq-update' into topic/misc
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+/*
+ * drivers/char/tty_lock.c
+ */
+#include <linux/tty.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+/*
+ * The 'big tty mutex'
+ *
+ * This mutex is taken and released by tty_lock() and tty_unlock(),
+ * replacing the older big kernel lock.
+ * It can no longer be taken recursively, and does not get
+ * released implicitly while sleeping.
+ *
+ * Don't use in new code.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_tty_mutex);
+struct task_struct *__big_tty_mutex_owner;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__big_tty_mutex_owner);
+
+/*
+ * Getting the big tty mutex.
+ */
+void __lockfunc tty_lock(void)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task = current;
+
+ WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner == task);
+
+ mutex_lock(&big_tty_mutex);
+ __big_tty_mutex_owner = task;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
+
+void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task = current;
+
+ WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner != task);
+ __big_tty_mutex_owner = NULL;
+
+ mutex_unlock(&big_tty_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unlock);